- (n) (1) (uk) swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family)
 martin
 (2) barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
 (3) younger man involved with an older woman
 (P)
 
- (n) (1) (uk) swift (any bird of family Apodidae)
 (2) fork-tailed swift (Apus pacificus)
 
- (n) small birds 
- (n) (obsc) swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)
 edible bird's nest
 
- (n) (obsc) swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)
 edible bird's nest
 
- (n) (1) (uk) wild oat (Avena fatua)
 wild oats
 (2) oat (Avena sativa)
 oats
 
- (n) (1) (uk) wild oat (Avena fatua)
 wild oats
 (2) oat (Avena sativa)
 oats
 
- (n) swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup) 
- (n) (uk) storm petrel (any bird of family Hydrobatidae) 
- (n) (uk) Asian house martin (species of songbird, Delichon dasypus) 
- (n) (uk) swiftlet 
- (n) (1) (uk) purple martin (bird) (Progne subis)
 (2) powdered oakblue (butterfly) (Narathura bazalus)
 
- (n) swallow in flight 
- (n) (1) swallow's nest
 (2) (food) swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)
 
- (n) (uk) rabbitear iris (Iris laevigata) 
- (n) (MA) Yangqingquan
 Yangqing Fist
 
- (n) small Indian pratincole (bird) (Glareola lactea)
 large Indian pratincole (Glareola maldivarus)
 
- (n) tailcoat 
- (n) (MA) Tiger Swallow Fist 
- (n) (1) red-rumped swallow (Hirundo daurica)
 (2) striated swallow (Hirundo striolata)
 
- (n) young lover of an older woman 
- (n) (uk) common house martin (species of songbird, Delichon urbica) 
- (n) (uk) diving petrel (esp. the common diving petrel, Pelecanoides urinatrix) 
- (n) (uk) rocket larkspur (Consolida ajacis) 
- (n) (uk) house swift (Apus nipalensis) 
- (n) (uk) European storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) 
- (exp) How can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix)
 Only a hero can understand a hero
 
- (n) (uk) white-throated needletail (species of swift, Hirundapus caudacutus) 
- (n) (uk) common (Eurasian) swift (Apus apus) 
- (n) (uk) white-rumped swift (Apus caffer)