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Chinese symbol for “birdie”

小鸟球
xiǎo niǎo qiú
Traditional: 小鳥球
(golf) birdie

The closest CC-CEDICT match for birdie is 小鸟球 (xiǎo niǎo qiú), defined as: (golf) birdie.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

小 xiǎo
small, tiny, insignificant
radical 42 ⼩ · 3 strokes
鸟 niǎo
bird
radical 196 ⿃ · 5 strokes
球 qiú
ball, globe, sphere; round
radical 96 ⽟ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “birdie”

WordPinyinMeaning
博蒂bó dìbirdie (one stroke under par in golf)
小鸟 (小鳥)xiǎo niǎosmall bird; young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 小鸟球.

WordPinyinMeaning
小时 (小時)xiǎo shíhour
小说 (小說)xiǎo shuōnovel; fiction
小学 (小學)xiǎo xuéelementary school; primary school
小姐xiǎo jieyoung lady; miss
小组 (小組)xiǎo zǔgroup
小孩xiǎo háichild; 个 (gè)
鸟类 (鳥類)niǎo lèibirds
小鸟 (小鳥)xiǎo niǎosmall bird; young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick)
全球quán qiúthe whole world; worldwide; global

See also: Japanese symbol for “birdie”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.