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蛙

wā

Character Measure word 只

What 蛙 means

1. frog

Other readings

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

• wāold variant of {蛙|wā}

Example sentences

• 井底之蛙。
  Jǐngdǐzhīwā.
  A frog in a well doesn't know the ocean.
• 他就像井底之蛙。
  Tā jiù xiàng jǐngdǐzhīwā.
  He is like a frog in a well.
• 我点了青蛙加面条。
  I ordered frogs and noodles.
• 我的喉咙里有一只青蛙。
  Wǒ de hóulóng lǐ yǒu yī zhī qīngwā.
  I've got a frog in my throat.
• 我无法区分青蛙和蟾蜍。
  Wǒ wúfǎ qūfēn qīngwā hé chánchú.
  I can't tell a frog from a toad.
• 蟋蟀的叫声与蛙鸣催我入眠。
  Xīshuài de jiàoshēng yǔ wā míng cuī wǒ rùmián.
  The sound of crickets chirping and frogs croaking lulls me to sleep.

Words starting with 蛙

• 蛙人wā rénfrogman
• 蛙式wā shìbreaststroke (swimming)
• 蛙泳wā yǒngbreaststroke (swimming)
• 蛙鞋wā xié(diving, snorkeling) fins; flippers

Words containing 蛙

• 青蛙qīng wāfrog; (old; slang) ugly guy
• 树蛙shù wātree frog
• 牛蛙niú wābullfrog
• 台蛙Tái wā(derog.) Taiwanese; a person from Taiwan…
• 雨蛙yǔ wārain frog
• 箭毒蛙jiàn dú wāpoison dart frog
• 中国林蛙Zhōng guó lín wāChinese brown frog (Rana chensinensis)
• 井底之蛙jǐng dǐ zhī wā(lit.) a frog at the bottom of a well (idiom); (fig.) a person of limited outlook and…
• 井蛙之见jǐng wā zhī jiànthe view of a frog in a well (idiom); fig. a narrow view
• 温水煮青蛙wēn shuǐ zhǔ qīng wā(fig.) introducing change incrementally so that it arouses little resistance…
• 馋嘴蛙chán zuǐ wāsautéed bullfrog with chili sauce
• 黑顶蛙口鸱hēi dǐng wā kǒu chī(bird species of China) Hodgson's frogmouth (Batrachostomus hodgsoni)

Characters built on 圭

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

• 哇wāWow!; sound of a child's crying; sound of vomiting
• 娃wábaby; doll
• 洼wādepression; low-lying area; low-lying; sunken
• 厓yáold form of 崖 (cliff) and 涯 (bank)

Characters that look like 蛙

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

• 槌chuímallet; pestle; beetle (for wedging or ramming)
• 蛭zhìfluke; leech; hirudinea
• 蛹yǒngchrysalis; pupa
• 蜈wúused in 蜈蚣
• 蛞kuòused in 蛞蝼; used in 蛞蝓
• 蛟jiāoa legendary dragon with the ability to control rain and floods; see also 蛟龙

Sounds the same

Read wā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 哇Wow!; sound of a child's crying; sound of vomiting
• 挖to dig; to excavate; to scoop out
• 洼depression; low-lying area; low-lying; sunken
• 搲to clutch; to grab; to capture
• 穵to dig; to scoop out
• 窊lowland swamp
• 娲surname Wa; sister of legendary emperor Fuxi 伏羲
• 凹variant of 洼; (used in names)
• 漥variant of 洼