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蝇

yíng

Character Traditional 蠅 Measure word 只

What 蝇 means

1. fly
2. musca

Example sentences

• 他把苍蝇拍走了。
  Tā bǎ cāngyingpāi zǒu le.
  He flapped the flies away.
• 面汤里有个苍蝇。
  Miàntāng lǐ yǒu gè cāngying.
  There's a fly in the noodle broth.
• 老鹰不会去抓苍蝇。
  Lǎoyīng bù huì qù zhuā cāngying.
  The eagle does not catch flies.
• 苍蝇能在天花板上走。
  Cāngying néng zài tiānhuābǎn shàng zǒu.
  A fly can walk on the ceiling.
• 天花板上面有只苍蝇。
  There is a fly on the ceiling.
• 我看到天花板上有一只苍蝇
  Wǒ kàn dào tiānhuābǎn shàng yǒu yī zhī cāngying
  I saw a fly on the ceiling.

Words starting with 蝇

• 蝇子yíng zihousefly
• 蝇虎yíng hǔjumping spider (family Salticidae)
• 蝇头小利yíng tóu xiǎo lì(idiom) meager profit; petty gain
• 蝇营狗苟yíng yíng gǒu gǒu(lit.) to swarm like flies around rotten food and drag out an ignoble existence like a…
• 蝇蛆yíng qūfly larva; maggot
• 蝇蛆病yíng qū bìngmyiasis

Words containing 蝇

• 苍蝇cāng yinghousefly
• 家蝇jiā yínghouse fly
• 果蝇guǒ yíngfruit fly
• 捕蝇草bǔ yíng cǎoVenus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)
• 毒蝇伞dú yíng sǎnfly Amanita or fly agaric (Amanita muscaria)
• 苍蝇座Cāng ying zuòMusca (constellation)
• 苍蝇拍cāng ying pāiflyswatter
• 如蝇逐臭rú yíng zhú chòulike flies pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful…
• 无头苍蝇wú tóu cāng yingheadless fly (a metaphor for sb who is rushing around frantically)
• 苍蝇老虎cāng ying lǎo hǔ(colloquial) jumping spider (which pounces on houseflies, hence the Chinese name)
• 苍蝇不叮无缝蛋cāng ying bù dīng wú fèng dànlit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom); fig. no smoke without a fire
• 没头苍蝇méi tóu cāng yingsee 无头苍蝇

Characters that look like 蝇

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

• 蝠fú(bound form) bat
• 蜴yìused in 蜥蜴
• 蜿wānused in 蜿蜒
• 蝗huánglocust
• 蛹yǒngchrysalis; pupa
• 蜈wúused in 蜈蚣

Sounds the same

Read yíng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 迎to welcome; to meet; to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties)…
• 赢to beat; to win; to profit
• 营camp; barracks; battalion
• 盈full; filled; surplus
• 莹luster of gems
• 瀛ocean
• 滢clear; limpid (of water)
• 萤firefly; glow-worm
• 荧a glimmer; glimmering; twinkling
• 萦(literary) to wind around
• 楹pillar
• 茔(literary) a grave