English
- perch
- to perch
- used in 棲棲|栖栖[xi1 xi1]
- roost
- to rest (of birds)
- stay
- to dwell
- to live
- to stay
- to stay (at a place)
粵語
- 停留；居留
Variants
Words containing 棲
- 棲息cai1 sik1
(of a bird) to perch
- 兩棲loeng5 cai1
amphibious
- 棲身cai1 san1
to stay at
- 棲息地cai1 sik1 dei6
habitat
- 共棲gung6 cai1
(old) (biology) to have a commensal relationship with (another organism)
- 棲木cai1 muk6
roost
- 水棲seoi2 cai1
aquatic
- 棲地cai1 dei6
habitat
- 棲住cai1 zyu6
to dwell
- 樹棲syu6 cai1
arboreal
- 棲居cai1 geoi1
to inhabit; to live in (forests, mountains or wetlands etc)
- 陸棲luk6 cai1
(of an animal) terrestrial; land-based
- 棲棲cai1 cai1
(literary) restless; unsettled
- 棲棲cai1 cai1
(literary) restless; unsettled
- 棲霞cai1 haa4
see 棲霞市|栖霞市[Qi1 xia2 Shi4]
- 棲息處cai1 sik1 cyu3
- 兩棲類loeng5 cai1 leoi6
class Amphibia
- 兩棲動物loeng5 cai1 dung6 mat6
amphibian
- 兩棲作戰loeng5 cai1 zok3 zin3
- 兩棲部隊loeng5 cai1 bou6 deoi6
- 棲霞區cai1 haa4 keoi1
Qixia, a district of Nanjing City 南京市[Nan2 jing1 Shi4], Jiangsu
- 棲霞市cai1 haa4 si5
Qixia, a county-level city in Yantai City 煙台市|烟台市[Yan1 tai2 Shi4], Shandong
- 雙棲雙宿soeng1 cai1 soeng1 suk1
see 雙宿雙飛|双宿双飞[shuang1 su4 shuang1 fei1]
- 良禽擇木而棲loeng4 kam4 zaak6 muk6 ji4 cai1
a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb)