袅 (裊) niǎo
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niǎo
adjective
delicate; graceful
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '裊'; Guoyu '裊' adj) -
niǎo
verb
to flicker
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 摇曳 (Guoyu '裊' v 1)
Contained in
- 袅袅(裊裊) rising in spirals
- 袅袅婷婷(裊裊婷婷) (of a woman) elegant and supple
- 袅娜(裊娜) slim and graceful
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷一百八十一 列傳第六十八: 元明善 虞集 揭傒斯 黃溍 Volume 181 Biographies 68: Yuan Mingshan, Yu Ji, Jie Xisi, Huang Jin History of Yuan 元史 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 64 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 卷十一 本紀第十一: 聖宗二 Volume 11 Annals 11: Shengzong 2 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 1
- 卷十二 本紀第十二: 聖宗三 Volume 12 Annals 12: Shengzong 3 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 1
- 第八回 Chapter 8 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
- 第五十四回 Chapter 54 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
- 第八回 Chapter 8 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 1
- 卷三十九 志第九: 地理志三 Volume 39 Treatises 9: Geography 3 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 1
- 第七十九回 Chapter 79 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
- 第十回 Chapter 10 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
Collocations
- 风袅 (風裊) 好花風裊一枝新 — Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義, 第八回 Chapter 8 — count: 2
- 袅裏 (裊裏) 行次裊裏井 — History of Liao 遼史, 卷十一 本紀第十一: 聖宗二 Volume 11 Annals 11: Shengzong 2 — count: 2