A flamingo is a tall water bird, famous for pink feathers, very long thin legs, and a long neck that bends like an S. It stands in shallow water and eats with its beak upside down, which looks strange the first time you see it. The pink comes from the food it eats; a flamingo that does not get that food can look much paler.

A flamingo紅鶴 is a tall water bird是一種高高的水鳥，famous for pink feathers, very long thin legs, and a long neck that bends like an S以粉紅色的羽毛、細長的腿、和彎得像 S 一樣的長脖子聞名。It stands in shallow water牠會站在淺水裡，and eats with its beak upside down用倒過來的嘴巴進食，which looks strange the first time you see it第一次看到會覺得很奇怪。The pink comes from the food it eats粉紅色是來自牠吃的食物；a flamingo that does not get that food can look much paler吃不到那種食物的紅鶴，顏色會淡很多。

The name came into English from Portuguese and Spanish (and those from Catalan). Those same words can also mean Flemish — a person from Flanders — and Spanish flamenco is also the dance. Some people say the bird was named because its colour made them think of ruddy Flemish faces or hair; a well-known scholar backs that story, but the last step is still argued over, so treat it as probably, not as a fact you must learn.

The name came into English from Portuguese and Spanish (and those from Catalan)這個名字是從葡萄牙文和西班牙文（而它們又來自加泰隆尼亞文）進入英文的。Those same words can also mean Flemish — a person from Flanders這些字也可以指 Flemish，也就是法蘭德斯人，and Spanish flamenco is also the dance西班牙文的 flamenco 也是指那種舞蹈。Some people say the bird was named because its colour made them think of ruddy Flemish faces or hair有人說這種鳥會有這個名字，是因為牠的顏色讓人聯想到紅潤的法蘭德斯人臉色或髮色；a well-known scholar backs that story一位知名學者支持這個說法，but the last step is still argued over不過最後這一步仍有爭議，so treat it as probably, not as a fact you must learn所以把它當成「大概是這樣」就好，不必當成一定要記住的事實。

In English, flamingo is almost only the bird.

In English在英文裡，flamingo is almost only the birdflamingo 幾乎只用來指這種鳥。