布谷 meaning in English

bùgǔ

cuckoo

Traditional 布穀12 strokes

Meaning of 布谷

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bùgǔ
  1. cuckoo

布谷 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

人rén们men把bǎ这zhè种zhǒng鸟niǎo叫jiào做zuò布bù谷gǔ鸟niǎo。
People call this kind of bird a cuckoo.
这zhè种zhǒng鸟niǎo被bèi称chēng为wéi布bù谷gǔ鸟niǎo。
This bird is known as a cuckoo.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

布 bù · cloth · 5 strokes

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  5. 5

谷 gǔ · valley · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 布谷.

宣布xuānbùto declare; to announce
公布gōngbùto announce; to make public; to publish
布置bùzhìto arrange; to set up; to lay out; to assign (tasks, homework etc)
分布fēnbùto scatter; to distribute
发布fābùto release; to issue
山谷shāngǔvalley; ravine
布满bùmǎnto be covered with; to be filled with
瀑布pùbùwaterfall
峡谷xiágǔcanyon; gill
发布会fābùhuìpress conference; news conference; product launch event
遍布biànbùto cover the whole (area); to be found throughout
散布sànbùto disseminate

Questions about 布谷

What does 布谷 mean?

布谷 (bùgǔ) means "cuckoo".

How do you write 布谷?

布谷 is made of 2 characters: 布 (5 strokes), 谷 (7 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

How is 布谷 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 布谷 is written 布穀.