How to Say "Wings" in Chinese

翅膀

chìbǎng/ʈ͡ʂʰɻ̩⁵¹ pɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

The English phrase "wings" is translated into Chinese as 翅膀 (chìbǎng).

How does it change in a sentence?

As a noun, 翅膀 does not change its form to indicate plurality. If you need to specify the number of wings, you should use a number and a measure word.

The romanization is chìbǎng.

The expression 翅膀硬了 literally means 'one's 翅膀 have become hard'. It is a sarcastic way to say that a younger person has become too independent or arrogant to listen to their elders.
The word 翅 is composed of the radical for 'feather' 羽, which acts as a semantic indicator to help readers instantly recognize the word is related to birds or flying.
In Chinese, the term 'chicken wings' is 鸡翅. Unlike the general word 翅膀, the specific culinary term for wings often drops the 膀 character entirely.

鷹的一隻翅膀斷了。
One of the hawk's wings is broken.
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伊卡洛斯乘著自製的翅膀飛翔。
Icarus flew on crafted wings.
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那只鸟凭借自己巨大的翅膀能飞得很快。
That bird can fly very fast thanks to its huge wings.
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那只鸟拥有美丽的翅膀。
That bird has beautiful wings.
他有一对强壮的翅膀。
He has a pair of strong wings.
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In an art museum, looking at a butterfly display.

雨婷 Yuting

这只蝴蝶的翅膀真漂亮。
Zhè zhī húdié de chìbǎng zhēn piàoliang.
This butterfly's wings are really beautiful.
浩然 Haoran

对，它的翅膀上有很多花纹。
Duì, tā de chìbǎng shàng yǒu hěnduō huāwén.
True, there are many patterns on its wings.
雨婷 Yuting

浩然，你看那边的翅膀在发光。
Hàorán, nǐ kàn nàbiān de chìbǎng zài fāguāng.
Haoran, look at those wings over there shining.
浩然 Haoran

那是灯光的效果。
Nà shì dēngguāng de xiàoguǒ.
That is the effect of the lights.

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