Chinese Word: 蝴 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

蝴HSK 5

Pinyin: hú

English Definition: butterfly

Chinese Definition:
①(蝴蝶)见“蝶”。

Total strokes: 15; Radical: 虫

Pictophonetic:胡 indicates the sound; 虫 (insect) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 虫 [ chóng ] insect, worm; mollusk
- 胡 [ hú ] recklessly, foolishly; wildly

Similar Characters: 楜糊湖

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蝴蝶HSK 5	hú dié	butterfly; Classifiers: 只
蝴蝶结	hú dié jié	bow; bowknot
蝴蝶花HSK 5	hú dié huā	iris; Iris tectorum
鸳鸯蝴蝶派	yuān yang hú dié pài	Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists
蝴蝶效应	hú dié xiào yìng	butterfly effect (dynamical systems theory)

1		wǒ 我 gěi 给 tā 他 mǎi le 买了 yǒng 踊 dài 袋 táng 糖 hú 蝴。 I bought him packet of sugar.
2		zhè 这 zhǐ 只 máo mao chóng 毛毛虫 jiàng 将 huì 会 biàn chéng 变成 yī zhǐ 一只 hú dié 蝴蝶。 The caterpillar will transform into a butterfly.
3		wǎng nián 往年 chūn tiān 春天， zhè lǐ 这里 huì 会 yǒu 有 chéng qún 成群 de 的 hú dié 蝴蝶。 In previous springs, there were groups of butterflies here.
4		zhǐ jiàn 只见 zhè wèi 这位 wǔ shù 武术 dà shī 大师 wǔ dòng 舞动 shuāng 双 zhǎng 掌， yóu rú 犹如 líng huó 灵活 de 的 hú dié 蝴蝶。 The martial arts master only saw his palms dance like agile butterflies.

1		wǒ 我 gěi 给 tā 他 mǎi le 买了 yǒng 踊 dài 袋 táng 糖 hú 蝴。 I bought him packet of sugar.
2		zhè 这 zhǐ 只 máo mao chóng 毛毛虫 jiàng 将 huì 会 biàn chéng 变成 yī zhǐ 一只 hú dié 蝴蝶。 The caterpillar will transform into a butterfly.
3		wǎng nián 往年 chūn tiān 春天， zhè lǐ 这里 huì 会 yǒu 有 chéng qún 成群 de 的 hú dié 蝴蝶。 In previous springs, there were groups of butterflies here.
4		zhǐ jiàn 只见 zhè wèi 这位 wǔ shù 武术 dà shī 大师 wǔ dòng 舞动 shuāng 双 zhǎng 掌， yóu rú 犹如 líng huó 灵活 de 的 hú dié 蝴蝶。 The martial arts master only saw his palms dance like agile butterflies.