鴨

yā

duck; Anas species (various)

How to write 鴨, stroke by stroke

duck (只); (slang) male prostitute

Pictophonetic: semantic 鳥 (bird), phonetic 甲

Made of 甲 + 鳥

鴨子yā ziduck; male prostitute (slang)
丑鴨chǒu yā(bird species of China) harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
做鴨zuò yā(slang) (of a man) to work as a prostitute
冠麻鴨guān má yā(bird species of China) crested shelduck (Tadorna cristata)
吃鴨蛋chī yā dàn(fig.) to score 0 (on a test, in competition etc)
填鴨tián yāto force-feed ducks; (cooking) stuffed duck
填鴨式tián yā shìforce feeding (as a teaching method)
家鴨jiā yādomestic duck
板鴨bǎn yāpressed (dried) salted duck
毛鴨蛋máo yā dànbalut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell)
烤鴨kǎo yāroast duck
綠翅鴨lǜ chì yā(bird species of China) Eurasian teal (Anas crecca)

他走路走得像隻鴨子似的。
tā zǒu lù zǒu dé xiàng zhī yā zǐ shì de 。
He walks like a duck.
鴨子是怎麼叫的？
yā zǐ shì zěn mó jiào de ？
How do ducks call?
它看起來像一隻鴨子。
tā kàn qǐ lái xiàng yì zhī yā zǐ 。
It looks like a duck.
那隻鴨子吃菠蘿。
nà zhī yā zǐ chī bō luó 。
The duck ate pineapple.
如水流過鴨背般毫無反應。
rú shuǐ liú guò yā bèi bān háo wú fǎn yīng 。
Like water off a duck's back.