| 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) |   |
| 布谷 | bù gǔ | cuckoo | |
| 布谷鸟 | bù gǔ niǎo | cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp.) / same as 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟[du4 juan1 niao3] | |
| 子规 | zǐ guī | cuckoo | |
| 鹃 |  juān | cuckoo | |
| 鴂 | jué | tailorbird (Orthotomus spp.) / weaver bird (family Ploceidae) / variant of 鴃[jue2], shrike / cuckoo | |
| 杜鹃鸟 | dù juān niǎo | cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp.) | |
| 杜宇 | dù yǔ | cuckoo / same as 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟 | |
| 巂 | guī | cuckoo / revolution of a wheel | |
| 杜鹃啼血 | dù juān tí xuè | lit. the cuckoo, after its tears are exhausted, continues by weeping blood (idiom) / fig. extreme grief | |
| 杜鹃科 | dù juān kē | Cuculidae, bird family including cuckoo 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟 | |
| 鹃形目 | juān xíng mù | Cuculiformes, order of birds including cuckoo | |
| 四声杜鹃 | sì shēng dù juān | (bird species of China) Indian cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus) | |
| 大杜鹃 | dà dù juān | (bird species of China) common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) | |
| 小杜鹃 | xiǎo dù juān | (bird species of China) lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) | |
| 中杜鹃 | zhōng dù juān | (bird species of China) Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus) | |
| 八声杜鹃 | bā shēng dù juān | (bird species of China) plaintive cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus) | |
| 北方中杜鹃 | běi fāng zhōng dù juān | (bird species of China) oriental cuckoo (Cuculus optatus) | |
| 斑翅凤头鹃 | bān chì fèng tóu juān | (bird species of China) Jacobin cuckoo / pied cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus) | |
| 栗斑杜鹃 | lì bān dù juān | (bird species of China) banded bay cuckoo (Cacomantis sonneratii) | |
| 红翅凤头鹃 | hóng chì fèng tóu juān | (bird species of China) chestnut-winged cuckoo (Clamator coromandus) | |
| 紫金鹃 | zǐ jīn juān | (bird species of China) violet cuckoo (Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus) | |
| 翠金鹃 | cuì jīn juān | (bird species of China) Asian emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx maculatus) | |
| 喜马拉雅中杜鹃 | Xǐ mǎ lā yǎ zhōng dù juān | (bird species of China) Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus) | |
