Chinese Word: 鹄 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

鹄 (Trad.: 鵠)Polyphone (多音字)

Total strokes: 12; Radical: 鳥

Pictophonetic:告 indicates the sound; 鸟 (bird) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 告 [ gào ] to tell, to inform, to announce; to accuse
- 鸟 [ niǎo ] bird

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Pinyin: gǔ

English Definition:center or bull's eye of an archery target (old); goal; target

Chinese Definition:
①箭靶的中心。［合］鹄子(箭靶)。
②目标，目的。［例］此其鹄惟在于刑，其刑惟在于任威斩断，而五官之大法无与焉。——章炳麟《商鞅》。
③另见hú；hè。

Example Words:

一箭中鹄	yī jiàn zhòng gǔ	to shoot and hit with the first arrow (idiom)
燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志	yàn què yān zhī hóng gǔ zhī zhì	lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?
鹄的	gǔ dì	bull's-eye; target; objective

Pinyin: hú

English Definition:swan

Chinese Definition:
①水鸟，形状像鹅，体较鹅大，鸣声宏亮，善飞，吃植物、昆虫等(亦称“天鹅”)：鹄立。鹄望(殷切盼望)。鹄候。

Example Words:

鸿鹄	hóng hú	swan; person with noble aspirations
白鹄	bái hú	(white) swan
刻鹄类鹜	kè hú lèi wù	to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom); to fail utterly in trying to copy something; to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result
鹄候回音	hú hòu huí yīn	to respectfully await sb's reply (idiom)
燕雀安知鸿鹄之志	yàn què ān zhī hóng hú zhī zhì	lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?

1		chuān 穿 hú 鹄 é róng 鹅绒 de 的 lǎo bīng 老兵 fā xiàn 发现 wēn dù jì 温度计 de 的 zhí jìng 直径 wèi 为 yī mǐ 一米。 The veteran in velvet found that the diameter of the thermometer was one metre.
2		“ hēi 黑 hú 鹄 é 鹅 ” shì wù 事务 zhǐ 指 é 俄 rán 然 fā shēng 发生 bìng qiě 并且 yùn yù 孕育 fā shēng 发生 wěi dà 伟大 yǐng xiǎng 影响 de 的 shì wù 事务。 black swan is the event that is a surprise (to the observer) and has a major impact.
3		liú làng 流浪 de 的 yuè duì 乐队 bǎ 把 tā 她 nà wèi 那位 dǎ zhe 打着 bēng dài 绷带 de 的 fū xù 夫婿 yí qì 遗弃 zài 在 hú 鹄 é 鹅 dǎo shàng 岛上。 The wandering band abandoned her bandaged husband on Swan Island.
4		nǐ 你 zhī 知 bù zhī dào 不知道 zhù zài 住在 yún shān 云杉 lín lǐ 林里 de 的 hēi 黑 nǐ 拟 liáng niǎo 椋鸟、 jīn chì què 金翅雀 hái yǒu 还有 tǎn gé 坦格 gǔ 鹄？ Do you know the black oropendola, or the goldfinch, Tengmalm's owl that lives in a forest of spruces?
5		zài 在 shàng gǔ 上古， “ hè 鹤 ” yǔ 与 “ hú 鹄 ” yīn 音 jìn 近， “ huáng hè 黄鹤 ” shì 是 yóu 由 “ huáng hú 黄鹄 ” tòng 通 biàn 变 ér 而 lái 来。 In the early ancient time, "crane" and "swan" share similar pronunciations. "Yellow crane" is generalized from "yellow swan".

1		chuān 穿 hú 鹄 é róng 鹅绒 de 的 lǎo bīng 老兵 fā xiàn 发现 wēn dù jì 温度计 de 的 zhí jìng 直径 wèi 为 yī mǐ 一米。 The veteran in velvet found that the diameter of the thermometer was one metre.
2		“ hēi 黑 hú 鹄 é 鹅 ” shì wù 事务 zhǐ 指 é 俄 rán 然 fā shēng 发生 bìng qiě 并且 yùn yù 孕育 fā shēng 发生 wěi dà 伟大 yǐng xiǎng 影响 de 的 shì wù 事务。 black swan is the event that is a surprise (to the observer) and has a major impact.
3		liú làng 流浪 de 的 yuè duì 乐队 bǎ 把 tā 她 nà wèi 那位 dǎ zhe 打着 bēng dài 绷带 de 的 fū xù 夫婿 yí qì 遗弃 zài 在 hú 鹄 é 鹅 dǎo shàng 岛上。 The wandering band abandoned her bandaged husband on Swan Island.
4		nǐ 你 zhī 知 bù zhī dào 不知道 zhù zài 住在 yún shān 云杉 lín lǐ 林里 de 的 hēi 黑 nǐ 拟 liáng niǎo 椋鸟、 jīn chì què 金翅雀 hái yǒu 还有 tǎn gé 坦格 gǔ 鹄？ Do you know the black oropendola, or the goldfinch, Tengmalm's owl that lives in a forest of spruces?
5		zài 在 shàng gǔ 上古， “ hè 鹤 ” yǔ 与 “ hú 鹄 ” yīn 音 jìn 近， “ huáng hè 黄鹤 ” shì 是 yóu 由 “ huáng hú 黄鹄 ” tòng 通 biàn 变 ér 而 lái 来。 In the early ancient time, "crane" and "swan" share similar pronunciations. "Yellow crane" is generalized from "yellow swan".