鹈鹕 (tí hú) — pelican (Pelecanus) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

pelican (Pelecanus)

Measure word · 只

鹈鹕，。
tí hú Shì yì zhǒng dà xíng shuǐ niǎo, shēng huó zài hú pō hé hǎi biān.
Pelicans are large water birds that live around lakes and coasts.
鹈鹕，。
tí hú De zuǐ ba xiàng yí gè dà dài zi, kě yǐ zhuāng hěn duō yú.
A pelican's beak is like a big pouch and can hold many fish.
鹈鹕。
Zuó tiān wǒ zài dòng wù yuán kàn dào le yì zhī tí hú.
Yesterday I saw a pelican at the zoo.

Single-morpheme word

构词法gòucífǎ

联绵liánmiánBound pair

Two characters that only ever appear together, spelling one ancient two-syllable word.

鹈tí

鹕hú

The two characters only work together to name a pelican; neither has a separate meaning here.

Sound-only characters

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 鵜; 鹈 is its simplified writing.

弟鳥鵜

Meaning part形符xíngfú

鳥鳥niǎobird

Sound part声符shēngfú

弟

Same sound today

The traditional form 鵜 pairs 鳥 (bird) with 弟 for its sound; the simplified 鹈 is a shorthand, and its parts are not the historical parts.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 鶘; 鹕 is its simplified writing.

胡鳥鶘

Meaning part形符xíngfú

鳥鳥niǎobird

Sound part声符shēngfú

胡

Same sound today

In the traditional form 鶘, 鳥 marks it as a bird and 胡 gives the sound; the simplified 鹕 is a later shortened shape.

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