Chinese Traditional: 燕子
Chinese Simplified: 燕子
Pinyin: yan4 zi5
Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄗ˙
English Meaning: swallow (bird)
German Meaning: Schwalbe
Classifier: (zhi1) or (qun2)

Example Sentences:

燕窩的成份其實就是燕子的唾液。
燕窝的成份其实就是燕子的唾液。
yan4 wo1 de5 cheng2 fen4 qi2 shi2 jiu4 shi4 yan4 zi5 de5 tuo4 yi4.
An ingredient of "edible birds' nest" is in fact swallows' saliva.
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Related Words:

 

yàn

swallow (bird)

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zi

1. (an unaccentuated suffix for commonly used one-syllable nouns) 2. (a suffix added to change adjectives or verbs into nouns)

Here: (an unaccentuated suffix for commonly used one-syllable nouns)

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