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蜂

fēng

HSK 5 Character

What 蜂 means

1. bee
2. wasp

Other readings

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

• fēngvariant of {蜂|fēng}
• fēngold variant of {蜂|fēng}

Example sentences

• 蜜蜂以花蜜为食。
  Mìfēng yǐ huāmì wéi shí.
  Bees feed on nectar.
• 我该买多少蜂蜜？
  How much honey should I buy?
• 你喜欢吃蜂蜜吗？
  Do you like honey?
• 我刚给蜜蜂蛰了。
  I've just been stung by a bee.
• 我被蜜蜂蛰了一下。
  Wǒ bèi mìfēng zhē le yīxià.
  I was stung by a bee.
• 蜜蜂在花丛中飞行。
  Mìfēng zài huācóng zhōng fēixíng.
  Bees are flying among the flowers.

Words starting with 蜂

• 蜂蜜fēng mìhoney
• 蜂拥fēng yōngto swarm; to flock; to throng
• 蜂窝fēng wōhoneycomb; beehive
• 蜂拥而至fēng yōng ér zhìto arrive in huge numbers; to flock there
• 蜂窝煤fēng wō méihexagonal household coal briquette
• 蜂鸟fēng niǎohummingbird
• 蜂乳fēng rǔroyal jelly
• 蜂后fēng hòuqueen bee
• 蜂子fēng zi(colloquial) bee; wasp
• 蜂房fēng fánghoneycomb; beehive
• 蜂毒fēng dúwasp poison
• 蜂王fēng wángqueen bee
• 蜂箱fēng xiāngbeehive
• 蜂糕fēng gāosponge cake (light steamed flour or rice cake)
• 蜂群fēng qúnbee colony; swarm
• 蜂聚fēng jùto swarm; to congregate in masses
• 蜂胶fēng jiāopropolis
• 蜂起fēng qǐto swarm; to rise in masses
• 蜂农fēng nóngbeekeeper; apiculturist
• 蜂王乳fēng wáng rǔroyal jelly
• 蜂王精fēng wáng jīngroyal jelly
• 蜂蜜棒fēng mì bànghoney dipper
• 蜂蜜酒fēng mì jiǔmead
• 蜂王浆fēng wáng jiāngroyal jelly

Words containing 蜂

• 蜜蜂mì fēngbee; honeybee
• 一窝蜂yī wō fēnglike a swarm of bees; in droves (used to describe people flocking to do sth)
• 黄蜂huáng fēngwasp
• 工蜂gōng fēngworker bee
• 母蜂mǔ fēngqueen bee
• 熊蜂xióng fēngbumblebee
• 胡蜂hú fēngwasp; hornet
• 雄蜂xióng fēngdrone (bee)
• 养蜂yǎng fēngto raise bees
• 马蜂mǎ fēnghornet
• 切叶蜂qiē yè fēngleafcutter bee
• 大黄蜂dà huáng fēngbumblebee
• 小蜜蜂xiǎo mì fēnghoneybee; (fig.) industrious person (esp. one who shuttles back and forth)…
• 虎头蜂hǔ tóu fēnghornet
• 蜜蜂房mì fēng fángbeehive
• 金小蜂jīn xiǎo fēnga parisitoid wasp (genus Nasonia)
• 养蜂人yǎng fēng rénbeekeeper; apiculturist
• 养蜂业yǎng fēng yèbeekeeping; apiculture
• 大虎头蜂dà hǔ tóu fēngAsian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia)
• 蓝须夜蜂虎lán xū yè fēng hǔ(bird species of China) blue-bearded bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni)
• 凤头蜂鹰fèng tóu fēng yīng(bird species of China) crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus)
• 彩虹蜂虎cǎi hóng fēng hǔ(bird species of China) rainbow bee-eater (Merops ornatus)
• 绿喉蜂虎lǜ hóu fēng hǔ(bird species of China) Asian green bee-eater (Merops orientalis)
• 蓝喉蜂虎lán hóu fēng hǔ(bird species of China) blue-throated bee-eater (Merops viridis)

Characters built on 夆

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

• 峰fēng(of a mountain) high and tapered peak or summit; mountain-like in appearance…
• 锋fēngpoint of a spear; edge of a tool; vanguard
• 逢féngto meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along
• 烽fēngbeacon fire

Characters that look like 蜂

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

• 棒bàngstick; club; cudgel
• 稀xīsparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 晴qíngclear; fine (weather)
• 蜥xī(bound form) lizard
• 婿xùson-in-law; husband
• 蜍chúBufo vulgaris; toad

Sounds the same

Read fēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 风wind; news; style
• 封to confer; to grant; to bestow a title
• 丰luxuriant; buxom; variant of 丰
• 疯insane; mad; wild
• 峰(of a mountain) high and tapered peak or summit; mountain-like in appearance…
• 锋point of a spear; edge of a tool; vanguard
• 枫maple (genus Acer)
• 葑turnip
• 烽beacon fire
• 沣rainy; place name in Shaanxi; Feng River in Shaanxi 陕西, tributary of Wei River 渭水
• 砜sulfone
• 酆Zhou Dynasty capital; surname Feng