杜鵑 (dou6 gyun1 | du4 juan1) : cuckoo bird, rhododendron, Du Juan

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杜鵑

dou6 gyun1

du4 juan1

[1] cuckoo bird (also 杜鵑鳥)
[2] rhododendron, Indian azalea (also 杜鵑花)
[3] the fashion model Du Juan

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

杜鵑 / 杜鹃

This word has been viewed 1725 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 27th Oct 2005 04:12 and last edited on 9th Jan 2013 16:48

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Characters in this word:

杜 dou6 - to shut out; to stop; to prevent; surname
鵑 gyun1 - cuckoo bird; azalea

7 compounds containing this word:

杜鵑花 - Indian azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch)
南華杜鵑 - Rhododendron simiarum (South China rhododendron)
白杜鵑 - Rhododendron mucronatum (white azalea)
翠綠杜鵑 - emerald cuckoo bird
華麗杜鵑 - Rhododendron farrerae (Farrer's azalea)
香港杜鵑 - Rhododendron hongkongense (Hongkong azalea)
杜鵑鳥 - cuckoo (bird)

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