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legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison / poisonous / to poison sb
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How to pronounce 鸩

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= zh initial

Zh is for James II of England (詹姆斯二世, zhān​mǔ​sī èr​shì).

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ (e)n4 final

In the encampment’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

鸩 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
yín = y + (e)n2
to go forward / to advance
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yóu = y + ou2
(bound form) mostly used in either 冘豫[you2 yu4] or 冘疑[you2 yi2]
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diǎo = di + ao3
variant of 屌[diao3] / penis
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niǎo = ni + ao3
bird / CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2] / "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddamn
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Characters with 鸩 as component

鸩 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 鸩

lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom) / fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse
the poisonous feathers of the legendary bird Zhen 鴆|鸩

Sentences with 鸩

鸩 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison / poisonous / to poison sb

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