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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hú | hu2
English translation
butterfly

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

Contains the radical

chóng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

insect

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

虫胡

Semantic compound

chóng

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chóng represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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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.

Zhōu Hòu 蝴蝶 húdié jiǎn ér chū ,绚丽 xuàn lì 夺目 duó mù .

A butterfly emerged in its full splendour a week later.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
蝴蝶 húdié butterfly蝴蝶 húdié
蝴蝶结 hú dié jié bow蝴蝶結
butterfly
蝴蝶花 hú dié huā iris蝴蝶花 hú dié huā

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Decomposition

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