HSK 5 · Nature

翅膀 chìbǎng “wing” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 翅膀 means

  1. wing

Measure word 只 zhī or 对 duì · 一只翅膀 yì zhī chìbǎng

How to say 翅膀

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale翅chì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale膀bǎng3rd tone, dipping

翅膀 in a sentence

  1. 鸟有翅膀。

    Niǎo yǒu chìbǎng.

    Birds have wings.

    Sentence #352611 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这只燕子的翅膀受伤了。

    Zhè zhī yànzi de chìbǎng shòushāng le.

    This swallow’s wing is injured.

    Sentence #8744936 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 如果我有翅膀的话，真想马上飞到你的身边。

    Rúguǒ wǒ yǒu chìbǎng dehuà, zhēn xiǎng mǎshàng fēi dào nǐ de shēnbiān.

    If I had wings, I’d fly straight to your side.

    Sentence #379104 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 翅膀 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 翅 (chì) with each of its parts in a different colour
翅chìwing
  • 支branch · zhīSound part
  • 羽feather · yǔMeaning part

羽 hints at the meaning (feather); 支 (zhī) hints at the sound. Compare it with chì.

The character 膀 (bǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
膀bǎngupper arm
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròu
  • 旁side · páng

How to write 翅膀

翅 10 strokes · 膀 14 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

翅膀 (chìbǎng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 翅膀 (chìbǎng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 翅膀

Words with 膀

肩膀jiānbǎng · shoulder

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FAQs

翅膀 (chìbǎng) means “wing”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chìbǎng: chì with a 4th tone, then bǎng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 翅膀 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 只 (zhī) or 对 (duì). For example, one wing is 一只翅膀 (yì zhī chìbǎng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chibang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 翅膀 from the suggestions. Typing chibang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
翅膀 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.