羽

yǔ

Definitions

1. feather
2. 5th note in pentatonic scale

Words Containing 羽

• 羽毛球 yǔ máo qiú: shuttlecock
• 羽绒服 yǔ róng fú: down-filled garment
• 刈羽 yì yǔ: Kariba or Kariwa, Japanese name
• 卷羽鹈鹕 juǎn yǔ tí hú: (bird species of China) Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
• 国际羽毛球联合会 guó jì yǔ máo qiú lián hé huì: International Badminton Federation
• 威凤一羽 wēi fèng yī yǔ: lit. one phoenix feather; fig. a glimpse that reveals the whole
• 宫商角徵羽 gōng shāng jué zhǐ yǔ: pre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
• 尾羽 wěi yǔ: tail feathers
• 尾羽龙 wěi yǔ lóng: caudipteryx (a feathered dinosaur)
• 换羽 huàn yǔ: to molt
• 放射性烟羽 fàng shè xìng yān yǔ: radiation plume
• 板羽球 bǎn yǔ qiú: battledore and shuttlecock
• 柏崎刈羽 bǎi qí yì yǔ: Kashiwasaki Kariwa, site of Japanese nuclear power plant near Niigata 新潟
• 羽冠 yǔ guān: feathered crest (of bird)
• 羽化 yǔ huà: levitation (of Daoist immortal)
• 羽客 yǔ kè: Daoist priest
• 羽尾袋鼯 yǔ wěi dài wú: feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus)
• 羽族 yǔ zú: birds
• 羽林 yǔ lín: armed escort
• 羽毛 yǔ máo: feather
• 羽毛球场 yǔ máo qiú chǎng: badminton court
• 羽毛笔 yǔ máo bǐ: quill pen
• 羽毛缎 yǔ máo duàn: camlet (silk fabric)
• 羽流 yǔ liú: plume
• 羽涅 yǔ niè: alumen
• 羽状复叶 yǔ zhuàng fù yè: bipinnate leaf (in phyllotaxy)
• 羽田 yǔ tián: Haneda (one of the two main airports serving Tokyo)
• 羽绒 yǔ róng: down (soft feathers)
• 羽缎 yǔ duàn: camlet (silk fabric)
• 羽翼 yǔ yì: wing
• 羽翼丰满 yǔ yì fēng mǎn: fully fledged
• 羽茎 yǔ jīng: quill
• 羽衣甘蓝 yǔ yī gān lán: kale
• 羽裂 yǔ liè: pinnation (splitting of leaves into lobes)
• 羽鳃鲐 yǔ sāi tái: Indian mackerel
• 脱羽 tuō yǔ: to shed feathers
• 蓑羽鹤 suō yǔ hè: (bird species of China) demoiselle crane (Grus virgo)
• 身披羽毛 shēn pī yǔ máo: feathered
• 铩羽而归 shā yǔ ér guī: to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions (idiom)
• 关羽 guān yǔ: Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty
• 陆羽 lù yǔ: Lu Yu (733-804), Chinese writer from Tang dynasty, known for his obsession with tea
• 项羽 xiàng yǔ: Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor
• 鸟羽 niǎo yǔ: pinion
• 鸩羽 zhèn yǔ: the poisonous feathers of the legendary bird Zhen 鴆|鸩
• 党羽 dǎng yǔ: henchmen