鸟鸣 (niǎo míng) — (noun) birdsong, bird call

Definition

A literary/literary-style word for birdsong or bird calls — 'the sound of birds singing'. Common in descriptive or poetic writing rather than everyday speech.

noun
birdsongbird call

Examples

  • 鸟鸣。
    Qīng chén de niǎo míng ràng rén xīn qíng yú kuài.
    The birdsong in the early morning makes people feel happy.
  • 鸟鸣。
    Shù lín lǐ chuán lái zhèn zhèn niǎo míng.
    From the woods came bursts of birdsong.
  • 鸟鸣。
    Tā xǐ huan tīng gè zhǒng niǎo míng de shēng yīn.
    He likes listening to the sounds of various bird calls.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

鸟niǎobird
鸣míngcry

鸟 and 鸣 together suggest birds calling, hence birdsong.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 鳥; 鸟 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 鳥 came from a drawing of a bird with a dangling tail; the simplified 鸟 is a later abbreviation.

Open 鸟 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 鳴; 鸣 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 鳴 combines 口 (mouth) and 鳥 (bird) to show a bird crying.

Open 鸣 →

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