Chinese Character 蟻 (ngai5 ai5 | yi3 ) : [n] ant

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蟻
ngai5 ai5 yi3
[n] ant Stroke count: 19 Level: 3 Radical: (#142)
蟻 / 蚁
* This entry has been marked as UNSURE by an editor, so it may not be fully accurate * This character was last edited on 8th Jan 2008
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螞蟻 maa5 ngai5 ma3 yi3 = ant 兵蟻 bing1 ngai5 bing1 yi3 = soldier ant; dinergate 蟻丘 ngai5 jau1 = anthill 白蟻 baak6 ngai5 bai2 yi3 = white ants, termites, termite 踹死蟻 caai2 sei2 ngai5 = [v] to walk slowly (lit., "trample ants to death") 週身蟻 zau1 san1 ngai5 = [exp] to make trouble or be known as a troublemaker粵一身蟻 jat1 san1 ngai5 = annoying; troublesome; in serious trouble 如蟻附膻 jyu4 ngai5 fu6 saan1 ru2 yi3 fu4 shan1 = leaning on poweful people for support (lit., "like ants swarming to rank odors")
Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only

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Decimal representation of this word: 蟻
Unicode code for this character: U+87FB (off-site link)

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