Owl in Chinese (Mandarin): 猫头鹰 (māotóuyīng)
猫头鹰
māotóuyīng
owl
- Simplified
- 猫头鹰
- Traditional
- 貓頭鷹
- Pinyin
- māotóuyīng
- Typed as
- maotouying
Use it in a sentence
猫头鹰晚上出来。
貓頭鷹晚上出來。
The owl comes out at night.
The characters in 猫头鹰
猫 / 貓
Cat.
11 strokes
头 / 頭
Head.
5 strokes
鹰 / 鷹
Eagle or hawk. 鸟 (bird) is at the bottom.
18 strokes
猫头鹰 is a "cat-head hawk", for its round, cat-like face. Owls sleep in the day and hunt at night.
More examples with 猫头鹰
猫头鹰的眼睛很大。
貓頭鷹的眼睛很大。
Māotóuyīng de yǎnjing hěn dà.
Owls have big eyes.
猫头鹰在树上。
貓頭鷹在樹上。
Māotóuyīng zài shù shang.
The owl is in the tree.
How to write 猫头鹰 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
猫 11 strokes
头 5 strokes
鹰 18 strokes
In Traditional characters:
貓 16 strokes
頭 16 strokes
鷹 24 strokes
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