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dié Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dié | die2
English translation
variant of dié [dié]
butterfly

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About dié

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

dié

Contains the radical

chóng

Part of speech

Other proper nouns / 其他专名 Qítā zhuān míng

Learning hint

insect

Etymology of dié

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

虫枼

Semantic compound

chóng

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chóng represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Example sentences using dié

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yāo mǎi 超薄, 正常 zhèngcháng 流量 liú liàng 还是 háishi dié ?

Do I need the slim fit, the regular protection or the one with wings?

měi dào 冬天 dōng tiān ,墨西哥 Mò xī gē 中部 zhōng bù de 一座山顶 shān dǐng shǎng jiù Mǎn zhǒng chéng 褐色 hè sè de 蝴蝶 húdié .

An isolated mountaintop in central Mexico is covered each winter with orange - and - black monarch butterflies.

liǎng zhǐ 绿 Bái 相间 xiāng jiàn de 蝴蝶 húdié 扇动 shān dòng zhāo 翅膀 chìbǎng Cóng 他们 tā men 面前 miàn qián 飞过 fēi guò .

Two green - and - white butterflies fluttered past them.

蝴蝶 húdié 发狂 fā kuáng de 紧抱 jǐn bào zhāo , 悲痛欲绝 de 诀别 jué bié .

Butterfly hugs him hysterically, then bids him a heart - rending farewell.

甚至 shènzhì zài tiáo zhuān 小巷 xiǎo xiàng 看到 le 一只不合 bù hé 时令 shí lìng de 蝴蝶 húdié .

I even saw in a brick passageway an untimely butterfly.

Words with dié

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
蝴蝶 húdié butterfly蝴蝶 húdié
dié butterfly dié
蝴蝶结 hú dié jié bow蝴蝶結
蝶泳 dié yǒng butterfly stroke (swimming)蝶泳 dié yǒng
招蜂引蝶 zhāo fēng yǐn dié to flirt招蜂引蝶 zhāo fēng yǐn dié
蝶骨 dié gǔ sphenoid bone (front of the temple)蝶骨 dié gǔ
胡蝶 hú dié butterfly胡蝶 hú dié
凤蝶 fèng dié swallowtail butterfly鳳蝶
蝴蝶花 hú dié huā iris蝴蝶花 hú dié huā
蛱蝶 jiá dié nymphalid蛺蝶
庄周梦蝶 zhuāng zhōu mèng dié Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 Zhuāng zǐ dreams of a butterfly (or is it the butterfly dreaming of Zhuangzi?)莊周夢蝶
蝶山区 Dié shān qū Dieshan district of Wuzhou city 梧州市 Wú zhōu shì [Wú​zhōu​shì], Guangxi蝶山區

dié Decomposition & Compounds

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dié Decomposition

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