| 鳥 | 1217B35 91.50 | 部居  | 畫數 11 | ㄋㄧㄠˇ [niao3] (*ㄉㄧㄠˇ [diao3] ). | ||
| N. | (1) Bird: 鳥類 all creatures of the bird family; 鳥語花香 singing birds and fragrant flowers; 鳥獸行 bestiality, beastly conduct; 鳥獸星散 (of human beings) scatter like birds and animals; 鳥盡弓藏 kick out (s.o.) after his services are no longer needed, (lit.) “the bow and arrows are stacked away when there are no more birds to shoot”; 鳥面鵠形 (of starving people) haggard, emaciated; 人為財死，鳥為食亡 a man dies for money; a bird dies for food. (2) Male genital organ (var. 屌) *[diao3]: 撮鳥 (MC) a curse word, oft. used in 水滸. | |||||
| Words | 1. 鳥巢 [niao3chao2], n., a bird's nest. 2. 鳥鎗 [niao3qiang1], n., fowling piece. 3. 鳥銃 [niao3chong4], n., ditto. 4. 鳥道 [niao3dao4], n., dangerously narrow hill path. 5. 鳥篆 [niao3zhuan4], n., form of anc. script so called because it looked like birds’ footprints. 6. 鳥瞰 [niao3kan4], (1) v.i., look down from above; (2) n., a bird's-eye view. 7. 鳥窠 [niao3ke1], n., see [niao3chao2]↑. 8. 鳥里 [niao2li3], n., (surveying) distance in miles “as the crow flies.” 9. 鳥媒 [niao3mei2], n., a bird used as a decoy to catch other birds. 10. 鳥信 [niao3xin4], n., (鳥信風) seasonal wind occurring in the third month of the lunar calendar. | |||||