| 杜鹃 | dù juān | cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp., also written 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟) / Indian azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch, also written 杜鵑花|杜鹃花) |
| 子规 | zǐ guī | cuckoo |
| 杜鹃科 | dù juān kē | Cuculidae, bird family including cuckoo 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟 |
| 布谷 | bù gǔ | cuckoo |
| 红翅凤头鹃 | hóng chì fèng tóu juān | (bird species of China) chestnut-winged cuckoo (Clamator coromandus) |
| 四声杜鹃 | sì shēng dù juān | (bird species of China) Indian cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus) |
| 杜鹃鸟 | dù juān niǎo | cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp.) |
| 栗斑杜鹃 | lì bān dù juān | (bird species of China) banded bay cuckoo (Cacomantis sonneratii) |
| 霍氏鹰鹃 | Huò shì yīng juān | (bird species of China) Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx nisicolor) |
| 鶗鴂 | tí jué | large hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus sparverioides) |
| 杜鹃啼血 | dù juān tí xuè | lit. the cuckoo, after its tears are exhausted, continues by weeping blood (idiom) / fig. extreme grief |
| 鹃 | juān | cuckoo |
| 斑尾鹃鸠 | bān wěi juān jiū | (bird species of China) barred cuckoo-dove (Macropygia unchall) |
| 鹃形目 | juān xíng mù | Cuculiformes, order of birds including cuckoo |
| 布谷鸟 | bù gǔ niǎo | cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp.) / same as 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟[du4 juan1 niao3] |
| 紫金鹃 | zǐ jīn juān | (bird species of China) violet cuckoo (Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus) |
| 小杜鹃 | xiǎo dù juān | (bird species of China) lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) |
| 巂 | guī | cuckoo / revolution of a wheel |
| 小鹃鸠 | xiǎo juān jiū | (bird species of China) little cuckoo-dove (Macropygia ruficeps) |
| 翠金鹃 | cuì jīn juān | (bird species of China) Asian emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx maculatus) |
| 鹰鹃 | yīng juān | (bird species of China) large hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx sparverioides) |
| 乌鹃 | wū juān | (bird species of China) square-tailed drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus lugubris) |
| 喜马拉雅中杜鹃 | Xǐ mǎ lā yǎ zhōng dù juān | (bird species of China) Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus) |
| 大杜鹃 | dà dù juān | (bird species of China) common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) |
| 北鹰鹃 | běi yīng juān | (bird species of China) rufous hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx hyperythrus) |