蠅 (jing4 | ying2) : fly (insect)

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蠅

jing4

ying2

[n] the fly, one of the most annoying insects

Stroke count: 19

Level: 3

Radical: (#142)

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

蠅 / 蝇

This word has been viewed 5895 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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烏蠅 wu1 jing4*1 wu1 ying2 = the fly 粵

蒼蠅 cong1 jing4*1 cang1 ying5 = the fly 國

拍烏蠅 paak3 wu1 jing4*1 = slack business 粵

蠅子 jing4*1 zi2 ying2 zi5 = housefly

牛蠅 ngau4 jing4 niu2 ying2 = the gadfly

捕蠅紙 bou6 jing4 zi2 bu3 ying2 zhi3 = flypaper

烏蠅拍 wu1 jing4*1 paak3 wu1 ying2 pai1 = flyswatter 粵

蠅頭小利 jing4 tau4 siu2 lei6 ying2 tou2 xiao3 li4 = minuscule profit

蠅頭小字 jing4 tau4 siu2 zi6 ying2 tou2 xiao3 zi4 = very tiny characters; very small characters

打烏蠅 daa2 wu1 jing4*1 = to only arrest petty officials 粵

Showing 1 example containing 蠅

扐開隻烏蠅。粵
Flick away the fly.

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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: 蠅
Unicode code for this character: U+8805 (off-site link)

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