Not what you want?
Try other similar-meaning words, fewer words, or just one word.
Enter your email below, and get an automatic notice when results for Wild Goose are added or updated...
Wild Goose in Chinese / Japanese...
Buy a Wild Goose calligraphy wall scroll here!
Wild Goose
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Wild Goose | 雁 | karigane / kari | yàn / yan4 / yan | yen |
Not the results for wild goose that you were looking for?
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your wild goose search...
| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
雁 see styles |
yàn / yan4 yen gan / がん |
 More info & calligraphy: (kana only) wild goose; (1) call of a wild goose; (2) (kana only) wild goose (esp. a lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus); (3) tea made from twigs of high-quality tea plants (esp. gyokuro); high-grade kukicha (esp. from gyokuro); (1) (kana only) wild goose; (2) (kana only) (abbreviation) (colloquialism) glans; head of a penis; (surname, given name) Gan; (wk) The Wild Geese (1913 novel by Mori Ōgai) A hawk, also used for hamsa, a wild goose. |
カリ see styles |
kari / カリ |  More info & calligraphy: |
唳 see styles |
lì / li4 li |
cry of a crane or wild goose |
鴈 雁 see styles |
yàn / yan4 yen gan / がん |
variant of 雁[yan4] (kana only) wild goose; (1) (kana only) wild goose; (2) (kana only) (abbreviation) (colloquialism) glans; head of a penis; (surname) Gan A wild goose; a wild goose |
大雁 see styles |
dà yàn / da4 yan4 ta yen |
wild goose; CL:隻|只[zhi1] |
孤雁 see styles |
kogan / こがん | solitary wild goose (i.e. separated from its flock, esp. flying); (given name) Kogan |
胡雁 see styles |
hú yàn / hu2 yan4 hu yen |
Tatar goose, wild goose found in territories northwest of China in ancient times |
雁塔 see styles |
yàn tǎ / yan4 ta3 yen t`a / yen ta Gantō |
Yanta District of Xi’an 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi The Wild Goose pagoda, name of a famous monastery; Haṃsa stūpa |
雁金 see styles |
karigane / かりがね | (1) call of a wild goose; (2) (kana only) wild goose (esp. a lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus); (3) tea made from twigs of high-quality tea plants (esp. gyokuro); high-grade kukicha (esp. from gyokuro); (surname) Karigane |
鴻雁 鸿雁 see styles |
hóng yàn / hong2 yan4 hung yen kougan / kogan / こうがん |
(bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides) (poetic term) wild geese; large geese and small geese |
大雁塔 see styles |
dà yàn tǎ / da4 yan4 ta3 ta yen t`a / ta yen ta |
Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an |
小雁塔 see styles |
xiǎo yàn tǎ / xiao3 yan4 ta3 hsiao yen t`a / hsiao yen ta |
Small Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an |
鑽牛角 钻牛角 see styles |
zuān niú jiǎo / zuan1 niu2 jiao3 tsuan niu chiao |
lit. honing a bull's horn; fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem; to bash one's head against a brick wall; a wild goose chase; a blind alley; to split hairs; same as idiom 鑽牛角尖|钻牛角尖 |
雁が音 see styles |
karigane / かりがね | (1) call of a wild goose; (2) (kana only) wild goose (esp. a lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus); (3) tea made from twigs of high-quality tea plants (esp. gyokuro); high-grade kukicha (esp. from gyokuro) |
雁ケ音 see styles |
karigane / かりがね | (1) call of a wild goose; (2) (kana only) wild goose (esp. a lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus); (3) tea made from twigs of high-quality tea plants (esp. gyokuro); high-grade kukicha (esp. from gyokuro) |
雁ヶ音 see styles |
karigane / かりがね | (1) call of a wild goose; (2) (kana only) wild goose (esp. a lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus); (3) tea made from twigs of high-quality tea plants (esp. gyokuro); high-grade kukicha (esp. from gyokuro) |
カリガネ see styles |
karigane / カリガネ | (1) call of a wild goose; (2) (kana only) wild goose (esp. a lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus); (3) tea made from twigs of high-quality tea plants (esp. gyokuro); high-grade kukicha (esp. from gyokuro) |
互裟伽藍 互裟伽蓝 see styles |
hù shā qié lán / hu4 sha1 qie2 lan2 hu sha ch`ieh lan / hu sha chieh lan Go Sagaran |
Haṃsa saṃghārāma, 'Wild goose monastery, ' on Mount Indraśailaguhā, whose inmates were once saved from starving by the self-sacrifice of a wild goose; also 僧裟伽藍 (or 僧鷹伽藍) ; Haṃsa Saṃghârāma |
白跑一趟 see styles |
bái pǎo yī tàng / bai2 pao3 yi1 tang4 pai p`ao i t`ang / pai pao i tang |
to go on an errand for nothing; to go on a wild-goose chase |
趨之若鶩 趋之若鹜 see styles |
qū zhī ruò wù / qu1 zhi1 ruo4 wu4 ch`ü chih jo wu / chü chih jo wu |
to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for something unobtainable; an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase |
鑽牛角尖 钻牛角尖 see styles |
zuān niú jiǎo jiān / zuan1 niu2 jiao3 jian1 tsuan niu chiao chien |
lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem; to bash one's head against a brick wall; a wild goose chase; a blind alley; to split hairs |
雁(P);鴈 see styles |
gan(p);kari;gan;kari / がん(P);かり;ガン;カリ | (1) (kana only) wild goose; (2) (かり, カリ only) (kana only) (abbreviation) (colloquialism) glans; head of a penis |
雁が音;雁金;雁;雁ヶ音;雁ケ音 see styles |
karigane;karigane / かりがね;カリガネ | (1) call of a wild goose; (2) (kana only) wild goose (esp. a lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus); (3) (See 茎茶,玉露・1) tea made from twigs of high-quality tea plants (esp. gyokuro); high-grade kukicha (esp. from gyokuro) |
Many custom options...
And formats...
Successful Chinese Character and Japanese Kanji calligraphy searches within the last few hours...
