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yíng

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yíng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yíng | ying2
English translation
fly, musca

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About yíng

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

yíng

Contains the radical

chóng

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

Insects  chóng that toads  miǎn feed on

Etymology of yíng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

虫黾

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Example sentences using yíng

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除掉 chú diào le 走廊 zǒuláng shǎng zhè zhǐ 臭不可闻 chòu bù kě wén de 捕蝇器.

I have cleared my piazza of that unsavory flytrap.

yǒu de 小偷 xiǎo tōu 懒得 lǎn dé 为了 wèile 一点 yī diǎn 蝇头小利费劲 fèi jìn 偷来 de 银器 yín qì 熔掉

Some thieves do not even bother to melt down stolen silver for its scrap value.

Words with yíng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
苍蝇 cāng ying housefly蒼蠅
yíng fly yíng
果蝇 guǒ yíng fruit fly果蠅
苍蝇拍 cāng ying pāi flyswatter蒼蠅拍
苍蝇不叮无缝蛋 cāng ying bù dīng wú fèng dàn fig. no smoke without a fire蒼蠅不叮無縫蛋
蝇子 yíng zi housefly蠅子
如蝇逐臭 rú yíng zhú chòu the crowd runs after trash如蠅逐臭
蝇虎 yíng hǔ jumping spider (family Salticidae)蠅虎
苍蝇座 Cāng ying zuò Musca (constellation)蒼蠅座

yíng Decomposition & Compounds

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