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蜻

qīng

Character

What 蜻 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 starting with 蜻

• 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)…
• 蜻蛉qīng língdamselfly; lacewing
• 蜻蛉目qīng líng mùOdonata, order consisting of about 6,000 species of dragonflies and damselflies
• 蜻蝏qīng tíngvariant of 蜻蜓

Words containing 蜻

• 草蜻蛉cǎo qīng línggreen lacewing
• 剑走蜻蛉jiàn zǒu qīng língthe sword moves like a dragon-fly (modern idiom); fig. unexpected winning move…

Characters built on 青

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

• 请qǐngto ask; to invite; please (do sth)
• 情qíng(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
• 清qīng(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted
• 精jīngessence; extract; vitality
• 静jìngstill; calm; quiet
• 睛jīngeye; eyeball
• 晴qíngclear; fine (weather)
• 婧jìng(literary) (of a woman) slender; delicate; (literary) (of a woman) talented

Characters that look like 蜻

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

• 缝féngto sew; to stitch
• 蜡làcandle; wax
• 睹dǔto observe; to see
• 蝗huánglocust
• 蛹yǒngchrysalis; pupa
• 蝓yúused in 蛞蝓

Sounds the same

Read qīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 清(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted
• 轻light; easy; gentle
• 青green; blue; black
• 倾to overturn; to collapse; to lean
• 氢hydrogen (chemistry)
• 卿high ranking official (old); term of endearment between spouses (old)…
• 鲭mackerel
• 圊restroom; latrine
• 顷variant of 倾
• 淸variant of 清
• 靑variant of 青