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苍蝇

cāng ying

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 蒼蠅 Measure word 只

苍蝇 (cāng ying) means "housefly". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 苍蝇 means

1. housefly

The characters in 苍蝇

• 苍cāngdark blue; deep green; ash-gray
• 蝇yíngfly; musca

Example sentences

• 他把苍蝇拍走了。
  Tā bǎ cāngyingpāi zǒu le.
  He flapped the flies away.
• 面汤里有个苍蝇。
  Miàntāng lǐ yǒu gè cāngying.
  There's a fly in the noodle broth.
• 老鹰不会去抓苍蝇。
  Lǎoyīng bù huì qù zhuā cāngying.
  The eagle does not catch flies.
• 苍蝇能在天花板上走。
  Cāngying néng zài tiānhuābǎn shàng zǒu.
  A fly can walk on the ceiling.
• 天花板上面有只苍蝇。
  There is a fly on the ceiling.
• 我看到天花板上有一只苍蝇
  Wǒ kàn dào tiānhuābǎn shàng yǒu yī zhī cāngying
  I saw a fly on the ceiling.

Words starting with 苍蝇

• 苍蝇座Cāng ying zuòMusca (constellation)
• 苍蝇拍cāng ying pāiflyswatter
• 苍蝇老虎cāng ying lǎo hǔ(colloquial) jumping spider (which pounces on houseflies, hence the Chinese name)
• 苍蝇不叮无缝蛋cāng ying bù dīng wú fèng dànlit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom); fig. no smoke without a fire

Words containing 苍蝇

• 无头苍蝇wú tóu cāng yingheadless fly (a metaphor for sb who is rushing around frantically)
• 没头苍蝇méi tóu cāng yingsee 无头苍蝇

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read cāng ying correctly.
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