蝶 (dip6 | die2) : butterfly

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蝶

dip6

die2

butterfly

Stroke count: 15

Level: 1

Radical: (#142)

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

蝶

This word has been viewed 2798 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Apr 2014 14:56

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蝴蝶 wu4 dip6/6*2 hu2 die2 = butterfly

蝴蝶蘭 wu4 dip6 laan4 hu2 die2 lan2 = butterfly orchid

蝴蝶粉 wu4 dip6 fan2 = farfalle (bowtie shaped pasta)

蝶泳 dip6 wing6 die2 yong3 = butterfly (stroke)

蝶式 dip6 sik1 = butterfly (swimming) 粵

招蜂引蝶 ziu1 fung1 jan5 dip6 zhao1 feng1 yin3 die2 = use one's female beauty to flirt with men

蝴蝶刀 wu4 dip6 dou1 = butterfly swords

狂風浪蝶 kong4 fung1 long6 dip6 = derog. ref. to a large number of people who are attracted to someone and expresses a disturbed feeling (lit., "gust and (stray) butterfly")

蝴蝶式 wu4 dip6*2 sik1 = [yoga] Baddha Konasana, Bound Angle

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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: 蝶
Unicode code for this character: U+8776 (off-site link)

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