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turtledove

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

jiu1 jiū

Meaning


Primary

turtledove

Alternatives

turtle dove, turtledoves, turtle doves

Mnemonic


[ji-] Jimmy Neutron is in [1] front of the [-(o)u] bakery where he is feeding the 鳩 turtledoves outside stale pieces of croissant. He sits there on top of his robot dog feeding the 鳥 birds and counts 九 nine of them. 九 Nine 鳩 turtledoves there in front of the bakery.

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