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蝴

hú

HSK 5 Character

What 蝴 means

1. used in {蝴蝶|hú dié}

Example sentences

• 我爱蝴蝶。
  I love butterflies.
• 我喜欢蝴蝶。
  I like butterflies.
• 蝴蝶飞走了。
  The butterfly flew away.
• 蝴蝶的寿命短。
  The life span of a butterfly is short.
• 蝴蝶都很美丽。
  Butterflies are beautiful.
• 哦，一只蝴蝶！
  Oh, a butterfly!

Words starting with 蝴

• 蝴蝶hú diébutterfly
• 蝴蝶结hú dié jiébow; bowknot
• 蝴蝶犬hú dié quǎnpapillon (lapdog with butterfly-like ears)
• 蝴蝶花hú dié huāiris; Iris tectorum
• 蝴蝶兰hú dié lánmoth orchid (genus Phalaenopsis)
• 蝴蝶效应hú dié xiào yìngbutterfly effect (dynamical systems theory)
• 蝴蝶领结hú dié lǐng jiébow tie
• 蝴蝶酥hú dié sūcrispy short-crust pastry; mille-feuilles
• 蝴蝶铰hú dié jiǎohinge
• 蝴蝶琴hú dié qínsame as yangqin 扬琴, dulcimer

Words containing 蝴

• 鸳鸯蝴蝶yuān yang hú diéMandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds); derogatory reference to populist and…
• 鸳鸯蝴蝶派yuān yang hú dié pàiMandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as…

Characters built on 胡

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

• 湖húlake
• 糊hūto smear; to daub; to cover (a surface with sth sticky or paste-like); Taiwan pr. hú
• 瑚húused in 珊瑚
• 葫húused in 葫芦
• 鹕húused in 鹈鹕
• 醐húused in 醍醐
• 煳húburnt; to char
• 猢húused in 猢狲

Characters that look like 蝴

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

• 糊hūto smear; to daub; to cover (a surface with sth sticky or paste-like); Taiwan pr. hú
• 舔tiǎnto lick; to lap
• 蝠fú(bound form) bat
• 醚míether
• 蜥xī(bound form) lizard
• 蜿wānused in 蜿蜒

Sounds the same

Read hú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 胡non-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous
• 壶pot; classifier for bottled liquid
• 湖lake
• 狐fox
• 糊to paste; to glue; blurry; unclear; muddled; (esp. of food) scorched; burnt
• 弧arc
• 斛ancient measuring vessel; fifty liters; dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗…
• 和to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
• 瑚used in 珊瑚
• 葫used in 葫芦
• 鹕used in 鹈鹕
• 槲Mongolian oak (Quercus dentata); see also 槲树