HSK 6 · Nature

飞禽走兽 fēiqínzǒushòu “birds and beasts” in Chinese

Traditional 飛禽走獸

What 飞禽走兽 means

  1. birds and beasts
  2. wildlife
  3. (idiom) birds and animals

How to say 飞禽走兽

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale飞fēi1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale禽qín2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale走zǒu3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale兽shòu4th tone, falling

飞禽走兽 in a sentence

  1. 森林里有各种各样的飞禽走兽。

    Sēnlín lǐ yǒu gè zhǒng gè yàng de fēiqínzǒushòu.

    The forest is home to all sorts of birds and animals.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这本书介绍了很多飞禽走兽。

    Zhè běn shū jièshào le hěn duō fēiqínzǒushòu.

    This book introduces many birds and beasts.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 飞禽走兽 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 飞 (fēi) drawn as one shape
飞fēito fly

飞 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidDrawn from a bird’s wings in flight.

The character 禽 (qín) with each of its parts in a different colour
禽qínbirds; fowl
  • 人person · rén
  • 离rare beast · chī
The character 走 (zǒu) with each of its parts in a different colour
走zǒuto walk
  • 土earth · tǔ
  • 止stop · zhǐ

Memory aidOnce drawn as a person swinging their arms above a foot 止: to run. Today it means “to walk”.

The character 兽 (shòu) with each of its parts in a different colour
兽shòubeast
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 田field · tián
  • 一one · yī
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 飞禽走兽

飞 3 strokes · 禽 12 strokes · 走 7 strokes · 兽 11 strokes

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

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

Words related to 飞禽走兽

Words with 飞

飞机fēijī · aeroplane飞fēi · to fly起飞qǐfēi · take off in an aeroplane飞翔fēixiáng · to fly飞跃fēiyuè · leap

Words with 走

走zǒu · to walk走路zǒulù · to walk走廊zǒuláng · corridor走漏zǒulòu · to leak (information)走私zǒusī · to smuggle

More words: Nature & Environment

陡峭dǒuqiào · steep二氧化碳èryǎnghuàtàn · carbon dioxide泛滥fànlàn · to flood繁殖fánzhí · to breed沸腾fèiténg · to boil肥沃féiwò · fertile (of soil)飞翔fēixiáng · to fly风暴fēngbào · storm

FAQs

飞禽走兽 (fēiqínzǒushòu) means “birds and beasts” or “wildlife”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fēiqínzǒushòu: fēi with a 1st tone, then qín with a 2nd tone, then zǒu with a 3rd tone, then shòu with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 飞禽走兽 is written 飛禽走獸. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type feiqinzoushou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 飞禽走兽 from the suggestions. Typing feiqinzoushou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
飞禽走兽 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.