Chinese Traditional: 鴕鳥
Chinese Simplified: 鸵鸟
Pinyin: tuo2 niao3
Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
English Meaning: ostrich
German Meaning: Afrikanischer Strauß
Classifier: (zhi1)

Example Sentences:

鴕鳥不能飛,但跑得很快。
鸵鸟不能飞,但跑得很快。
tuo2 niao3 bu4 neng2 fei1, dan4 pao3 de5 hen3 kuai4.
The ostrich can not fly but runs very fast.
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鴕鳥真的會把牠的頭藏在沙子裡嗎?
鸵鸟真的会把牠的头藏在沙子里吗?
tuo2 niao3 zhen1 de5 hui4 ba3 ta1 de5 tou2 cang2 zai4 sha1 zi5 li3 ma5?
Does an ostrich really hide its head in the sand?
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Related Words:

 

tuó

ostrich

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niǎo

1. bird 2. (slang) to pay attention to 3. damned, goddam

Here: bird

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