Chinese Word: 翅 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

翅HSK 5

Pinyin: chì

English Definition: wing

Chinese Definition:
①鸟和昆虫等用来飞行的器官：翅膀。翅翼。插翅难飞。
②翘出像翅的东西：翅果。纱帽翅。
③古同“啻”，但，只。

Total strokes: 10; Radical: 羽

Pictophonetic:支 indicates the sound; 羽 (wings) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿺ Surround from lower left
- 支 [ zhī ] to support, to sustain; to withdraw, to pay; a branch (of a bank)
- 羽 [ yǔ ] feather, plume; wings

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翅膀HSK 5	chì bǎng	wing; Classifiers: 个
展翅	zhǎn chì	to spread wings
鱼翅	yú chì	shark fin
插翅难飞	chā chì nán fēi	lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape
翅子	chì zi	shark's fin; wing; Classifiers: 只

1		shén me 什么 shì 是 ōu zhōu 欧洲 jīn chì què 金翅雀？ What is a European Gold Finch?
2		wǒ 我 céng 曾 kàn jiàn 看见 yī zhǐ 一只 xiǎo niǎo 小鸟， fēi 飞 dào 到 chuāng hu 窗户 shàng 上 bìng 并 zhǎn chì 展翅 fēi zǒu 飞走 le 了。 I once saw a little bird fly to the window and spread its wings to fly away.

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