Chinese symbol for “parrot”
鹦鹉
yīng wǔ
Traditional: 鸚鵡
parrot
The closest CC-CEDICT match for parrot is 鹦鹉 (yīng wǔ), defined as: parrot.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “parrot”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鹦 (鸚) | yīng | (bound form) parrot |
| 鹦哥 (鸚哥) | yīng gē | (coll.) parrot |
| 鹦鹉学舌 (鸚鵡學舌) | yīng wǔ xué shé | to parrot; to repeat uncritically what sb says |
| 应声 (應聲) | yìng shēng | an answering voice; to answer a voice |
| 拾人牙慧 | shí rén yá huì | to pick up what others say (idiom); to pass off other people's opinions as one's own; to parrot |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鹦鹉.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鹦鹉螺 (鸚鵡螺) | yīng wǔ luó | nautilus; ammonite (fossil spiral shell) |
| 鹦哥 (鸚哥) | yīng gē | (coll.) parrot |
| 鹦鹉学舌 (鸚鵡學舌) | yīng wǔ xué shé | to parrot; to repeat uncritically what sb says |
| 鹦鹉热 (鸚鵡熱) | yīng wǔ rè | psittacosis; ornithosis |
| 啄羊鹦鹉 (啄羊鸚鵡) | zhuó yáng yīng wǔ | kea (Nestor notabilis) |
| 彩虹鹦鹉 (彩虹鸚鵡) | cǎi hóng yīng wǔ | (bird species of China) coconut lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “parrot”.
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.