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蜓

tíng

Character

What 蜓 means

1. see {蜻蜓|qīng tíng}

Example sentences

• 天花板上有一只蜻蜓。
  Tiānhuābǎn shàng yǒu yī zhī qīngtíng.
  There is a dragonfly on the ceiling.

Words containing 蜓

• 蜻蜓qīng tíngdragonfly
• 蜻蜓点水qīng tíng diǎn shuǐlit. the dragonfly touches the water lightly; superficial contact (idiom)
• 蜻蜓目qīng tíng mùOdonata, order consisting of about 6,000 species of dragonflies and damselflies
• 蜻蜓撼石柱qīng tíng hàn shí zhùlit. the dragon-fly shakes the stone tower (idiom)…
• 堰蜓座Yàn tíng zuòChamaeleon (constellation)

Characters built on 廷

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

• 庭tíngmain hall; front courtyard; law court
• 挺tǐngstraight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body)
• 艇tǐng(bound form) boat; craft (esp. small or naval)
• 霆tíngclap of thunder
• 铤dìngingot
• 梃tǐnga club (weapon)

Characters that look like 蜓

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

• 蛾é(bound form) moth
• 蜒yánslug; used in 蜿蜒
• 槌chuímallet; pestle; beetle (for wedging or ramming)
• 蛭zhìfluke; leech; hirudinea
• 蛹yǒngchrysalis; pupa
• 蜈wúused in 蜈蚣

Sounds the same

Read tíng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 停to stop; to halt; to park (a car)
• 庭main hall; front courtyard; law court
• 亭pavilion; booth; kiosk
• 婷graceful
• 廷palace courtyard
• 霆clap of thunder
• 筳bamboo pole; spindle
• 葶Draba nemerosa bebe carpa
• 渟stagnant water
• 朾to bump
• 莛stalk of grass
• 蝏used in 蜻蝏