yè yīng

Traditional: 夜鷹

夜鹰 (yè yīng) is a Chinese word meaning “nightjar (nocturnal bird in the family Caprimulgidae)”.

Meanings

  1. 1nightjar (nocturnal bird in the family Caprimulgidae)

Characters in 夜鹰

夜yè · night鹰yīng · general term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)

Related words

夜night夜variant of 夜[ye4]夜晚night午夜midnight半夜midnight过夜to spend the night夜总会nightclub; nightspot鹰general term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)夜里during the night老鹰(coll.) eagle; hawk; any similar bird of prey整夜the whole night今夜tonight

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