| 小凤头燕鸥 |
xiǎo fèng tóu yàn ōu |
(bird species of China) lesser crested tern (Thalasseus bengalensis) |
| 小 |
xiǎo |
small / tiny / few / young |
| 凤 |
Fèng |
surname Feng |
| 凤 |
fèng |
phoenix |
| 头 |
tóu |
head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:个 |
| 头 |
tou |
suffix for nouns |
| 燕 |
Yān |
Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕 (337-370), Later Yan 后燕 (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409-436) / surname Yan |
| 燕 |
yàn |
swallow (family Hirundinidae) / old variant of 宴 |
| 燕 |
yàn |
variant of 燕 |
| 鸥 |
ōu |
common gull |