Chinese symbol for “ornithology”
鸟类学
niǎo lèi xué
Traditional: 鳥類學
ornithology; study of birds
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ornithology is 鸟类学 (niǎo lèi xué), defined as: ornithology; study of birds.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鸟类学.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鸟类 (鳥類) | niǎo lèi | birds |
| 小鸟 (小鳥) | xiǎo niǎo | small bird; young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick) |
| 鸟儿 (鳥兒) | niǎo r | bird |
| 飞鸟 (飛鳥) | fēi niǎo | bird |
| 候鸟 (候鳥) | hòu niǎo | migratory bird |
| 菜鸟 (菜鳥) | cài niǎo | (coll.) sb new to a particular subject; rookie |
| 人类 (人類) | rén lèi | humanity; human race |
| 类似 (類似) | lèi sì | similar; analogous |
| 学生 (學生) | xué sheng | student; schoolchild |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ornithology”.
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.