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Keyword
duck
  • Anas species (various)
Frequency
#2210
Strokes
10
Readings
yā100%
Mnemonic
鸟 (bird) gives the meaning and 甲 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
鸭yā
duck (CL:只 (zhī)); (slang) male prostitute
鸭子yāzi
duck (CL:只 (zhī)); (slang) male prostitute
鸭绿江YālùJiāng
Yalu River, forming part of the China-Korea border
烤鸭kǎoyā
roast duck
野鸭yěyā
wild duck; mallard (Anas platyrhyncha)
丑小鸭chǒuxiǎoyā
(fig.) ugly duckling
鸭梨yālí
Chinese white pear (Pyrus × bretschneideri)
双鸭山市ShuāngyāshānShì
Shuangyashan, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龙江省 (HēilóngjiāngShěng)
填鸭式tiányāshì
force feeding (as a teaching method)
板鸭Bǎnyā
(slang) Spain
鸭嘴龙yāzuǐlóng
hadrosaur (duck-billed dinosaur)
填鸭tiányā
to force-feed ducks; (cooking) stuffed duck
咸鸭蛋xiányādàn
salted duck egg
鸡同鸭讲jītóngyājiǎng
lit. chicken speaking with duck; fig. talking without communicating; people not understanding each other
绿头鸭lǜtóuyā
(bird species of China) mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
家鸭jiāyā
domestic duck
鸭霸yābà
(Tw) unreasonable; overbearing; with no regard for others
赶鸭子上架gǎnyāzishàngjià
lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom); fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability