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蜻蜓

qīng tíng

2-character word

What 蜻蜓 means

1. dragonfly

The characters in 蜻蜓

• 蜻qīngsee 蜻蜓
• 蜓tíngsee 蜻蜓

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 蜻蜓

• 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)…

Sounds the same

Read qīng tíng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 清廷the Qing court (as government of China)
• 蜻蝏variant of 蜻蜓