鸽子 meaning in English

gēzi

pigeon; dove

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 鴿子14 strokes

Meaning of 鸽子

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

gēzi
  1. pigeon
  2. dove
  3. various birds of the family Columbidae

鸽子 in example sentences

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

这zhè些xiē鸽gē子zi不bù怕pà人rén,能néng落luò在zài人rén的de肩jiān膀bǎng上shàng。
These pigeons do not fear people. They can land on people's shoulders.
波bō士shì顿dùn的de鸽gē子zi又yòu胖pàng又yòu自zì豪háo。
The pigeons of Boston are fat and proud.
他tā放fàng我wǒ鸽gē子zi;我wǒ等děng了le他tā一yī整zhěng晚wǎn!
He stood me up; I waited all evening for him!
基jī顿dùn把bǎ磁cí铁tiě放fàng在zài他tā的de鸽gē子zi的de头tóu上shàng。
Keeton put magnets on the heads of his pigeons.
他tā的de实shí验yàn用yòng了le鸽gē子zi。
He used pigeons in his experiment.

Stroke order for each character

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

鸽 gē · pigeon · 11 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
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  5. 5
  6. 6
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  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11

子 zi · noun suffix · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

Related words

Words that share a character with 鸽子.

孩子háizichild
儿子érzison
房子fángzihouse; building (single- or two-story)
桌子zhuōzitable; desk
杯子bēizicup; glass
包子bāozibaozi; bao (steamed stuffed bun)
本子běnzibook; notebook
样子yàngziappearance; manner
日子rìziday; a (calendar) date
椅子yǐzichair
瓶子píngzibottle
例子lìzicase; (for) instance

Questions about 鸽子

What does 鸽子 mean?

鸽子 (gēzi) means "pigeon; dove" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 鸽子?

鸽子 is made of 2 characters: 鸽 (11 strokes), 子 (3 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 鸽子 an HSK word?

Yes. 鸽子 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 鸽子 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 鸽子 is written 鴿子.