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蚊

wén

Character

What 蚊 means

1. mosquito

Other readings

蚊 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• wénold variant of {蚊|wén}
• wénold variant of {蚊|wén}

Example sentences

• 我恨蚊子。
  I hate mosquitoes.
• 我被蚊子叮了。
  Wǒ bèi wénzi dīng le.
  I was bitten by a mosquito.
• 我被蚊子咬的。
  I got bitten by mosquitoes.
• 我刚刚被蚊子咬了。
  Wǒ gānggang bèi wénzi yǎo le.
  I just got bitten by a mosquito.
• 我被很多的蚊子叮了。
  Wǒ bèi hěn duō de wénzi dīng le.
  I got a lot of mosquito bites.
• 疟疾是由蚊子传染的。
  Nüèjí shì yóu wénzi chuánrǎn de.
  Malaria is carried by mosquitoes.

Words starting with 蚊

• 蚊子wén zimosquito
• 蚊帐wén zhàngmosquito net
• 蚊虫wén chóngmosquito
• 蚊香wén xiāngmosquito-repellent incense or coil
• 蚊子包wén zi bāomosquito bite
• 蚊子馆wén zi guǎn(jocular) public building that has been lying idle…
• 蚊子再小也是肉wén zi zài xiǎo yě shì ròulit. even a mosquito, though tiny, provides some nourishment (idiom)…

Words containing 蚊

• 伊蚊yī wénAedes, a genus of mosquito
• 按蚊àn wénanopheles; malarial mosquito
• 疟蚊nüè wénAnopheles (type of mosquito)
• 驱蚊qū wénto repel mosquitoes
• 花蚊子huā wén zi(colloquial) Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus)
• 避蚊胺bì wén ànDEET, an insect repellent
• 防蚊液fáng wén yèmosquito repellent
• 电蚊拍diàn wén pāielectric mosquito swatter
• 电蚊香diàn wén xiāngelectric mosquito repellent
• 飞蚊症fēi wén zhèngeye floaters (moving spots in the eye's vitreous humor)
• 黑斑蚊hēi bān wénAedes, a genus of mosquito
• 白纹伊蚊bái wén yī wénAsian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus)
• 白线斑蚊bái xiàn bān wénAedes albopictus (species of mosquito)
• 大炮打蚊子dà pào dǎ wén zicannon fire to hit a mosquito; to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut

Characters built on 文

These share the phonetic component 文 (wén), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 汶WènWen River in northwest Sichuan (same as 汶川); classical name of river in Shandong, used to…
• 纹wénline; trace; mark; pattern; grain (of wood etc); to tattoo
• 坟féngrave; tomb; embankment
• 紊wěninvolved; tangled; disorderly
• 雯wénmulticolored clouds
• 炆wén(Cantonese) to simmer; to cook over a slow fire

Characters that look like 蚊

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 核hépit; stone; nucleus
• 铁tiěiron (metal); arms; weapons
• 敌dí(bound form) enemy; (bound form) to be a match for; to rival; (bound form) to resist…
• 秩zhì(literary) salary according to rank; (literary) an official's rank; (literary) order…
• 蚁yǐant
• 绞jiǎoto twist (strands into a thread); to entangle; to wring

Sounds the same

Read wén, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 文language; culture; writing
• 闻to hear; news; well-known
• 纹line; trace; mark; pattern; grain (of wood etc); to tattoo
• 雯multicolored clouds
• 玟veins in jade
• 阌wen xiang, Henan province
• 炆(Cantonese) to simmer; to cook over a slow fire
• 閺to look down
• 珳old variant of 玟
• 蚉old variant of 蚊