蜢 (maang5*2 | meng3) : grasshopper

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蜢

maang5*2

meng3

grasshopper

Stroke count: 14

Level: 3

Radical: (#142)

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

蜢

This word has been viewed 3472 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 1st Apr 2011 11:38

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蚱蜢 zaa3 maang5*2 zha4 meng3 = grasshopper

草蜢 cou2 maang5*2 cao3 meng3 = grasshopper 粵

瘦蜢蜢 sau3 maang5*2 maang5*2 shou4 meng3 meng3 = very thin 粵

飛來蜢 fei1 loi4 maang5*2 = unexpected positive event 粵

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呢隻草蜢，我覺得佢嘅聲音好好聽㗎！粵
I love the sound this grasshopper makes!
[Lit. This [counter] grasshopper, I feel his sound very good-listen [particle].]

呢隻草蜢，我好鐘意佢嘅聲音㗎！粵
I love the sound this grasshopper makes!
[Lit. This [counter] grasshopper, I very like his sound [particle]. Note that 㗎 can be used interchangeably with 囉 here.]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 蜢
Unicode code for this character: U+8722 (off-site link)

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