蚊 (man1 man4 | wen2) : mosquito

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蚊

man1 man4

wen2

mosquito; gnat

1. Jyutping man1 is the popular colloquial reading; literary reading man4 is rarely used.
2. Some Cantonese people might use 蚊 incorrectly for 文 which means "dollar".

Stroke count: 10

Level: 1

Radical: (#142)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

蚊

This word has been viewed 12216 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 2nd Nov 2013 02:26

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一蚊 jat1 man1 = One dollar; ten thousand, ten thousand dollars 粵

蚊香 man1 hoeng1 wen2 xiang1 = mosquito-repellent incense

細蚊仔 sai3 man1 zai2 = children; child 粵

蚊子 man1 zi2 wen2 zi5 = mosquito

蚊帳 man4*1 zoeng3 wen2 zhang4 = mosquito net

蚊蟲 man1 cung4 wen2 chong2 = mosquito 粵

蚊雞 man1 gai1 = Hong Kong dollar 粵

蚊怕水 man1 paa3 seoi2 = insect repellent

蚊口 man1 hau2 = a mosquito bite

蚊赧 man1 naan3 = swelling from mosquito bite 粵
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Showing 10 of 12 examples containing 蚊

一蚊一隻雞好抵買。粵
One dollar for a chicken is so worth buying it.

我打死咗隻蚊。粵
I killed a mosquito.

我好憎湊細蚊仔粵 ?!
I hate looking after brats.
[Lit. I very hate look-after little-mosquitoes.]

呢啲蚊𧕴痕到死！粵
These bites are damn itchy!
[Lit. This [plural counter] mosquito-bite itchy-arrive-die!]

喺香港,我最怕嘅就係畀蚊咬粵
In Hong Kong, I'm most scared of being bitten.
[Lit. Hong Kong, I most scared [possessive particle] exactly is by mosquitoes bite. This sentence is topicalised: the topic (Hong Kong) is introduced at the start. Also, note the phrase 最怕嘅; the 嘅 turns it into a noun phrase.]

啲蚊零舍毒，咬嚫啲蚊赧到而家都未消粵
These mosquitoes especially potent as the swellings from their bites have yet to subside.

三萬蚊買起佢，易如反掌粵
Thirty thousand dollars to get someone to kill him, its easy.

個醫生畀咗啲止癢藥畀我搽蚊𧕴粵
The doctor gave me some cream to put on my mosquito bites.
[Lit. [counter] doctor give-already [plural counter] stop-itch-cream give me spread insect bite]

今日畀蚊咬到成身蚊𧕴。粵
I was covered by mosquito bites today.
[Lit. Today by mosquito bite arrive whole-body mosquito-bite]

佢琴晚冇閂窗，一醒發覺身體有四粒蚊𧕴粵
He didn't shut the window yesterday. When he woke up found that he had four mosquito bites.

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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