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蝶

dié

HSK 5 Character

What 蝶 means

1. bound formbutterfly

Other readings

蝶 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• diévariant of {蝶|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 蝶

• 蝶泳dié yǒngbutterfly stroke (swimming)
• 蝶兰dié lánPhalaenopsis (flower genus)
• 蝶变dié biàn(of a caterpillar etc) to metamorphose; (fig.) to undergo a dramatic positive change…
• 蝶类dié lèibutterfly (family)
• 蝶骨dié gǔsphenoid bone (front of the temple)
• 蝶古巴特dié gǔ bā tè(Taiwan; loanword) decoupage
• 蝶形领带dié xíng lǐng dàibow tie
• 蝶形领结dié xíng lǐng jiébow tie
• 蝶窦dié dòusphenoidal sinus

Words containing 蝶

• 蝴蝶hú diébutterfly
• 蝴蝶结hú dié jiébow; bowknot
• 粉蝶fěn diépierid (butterfly of the Pieridae family)
• 凤蝶fèng diéswallowtail butterfly
• 欧蝶鱼ōu dié yúplaice
• 燕尾蝶yàn wěi diéswallowtail butterfly (family Papilionidae)
• 虎斑蝶hǔ bān diécommon tiger butterfly (Danaus genutia)
• 凤蝶科fèng dié kēfamily Papilionidae (taxonomy)
• 招蜂引蝶zhāo fēng yǐn dié(lit.) (of a flower) to attract bees and butterflies (idiom); (fig.) to flirt
• 庄周梦蝶zhuāng zhōu mèng diéZhuangzi 庄子
• 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
• 破茧成蝶pò jiǎn chéng diélit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom)…
• 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…
• 蛱蝶jiá diénymphalid; butterfly
• 胡蝶hú diévariant of 蝴蝶
• 蝴蝶琴hú dié qínsame as yangqin 扬琴, dulcimer

Characters built on 枼

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

• 谍diéto spy
• 碟diédish; plate
• 喋diéused in 喋喋; used in 喋血
• 牒dié(official) document; dispatch
• 鲽diéflatfish; flounder; sole
• 渫xièto get rid of; to discharge; to dredge
• 堞diébattlements
• 蹀diéto tread on; to stamp one's foot

Characters that look like 蝶

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

• 碟diédish; plate
• 镁měimagnesium (chemistry)
• 蟆mátoad
• 樵qiáofirewood; gather wood
• 糅róumix
• 蝾róngsalamander

Sounds the same

Read dié, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 叠to pile up; (bound form) repeated; to fold
• 谍to spy
• 碟dish; plate
• 迭alternately; repeatedly
• 牒(official) document; dispatch
• 喋used in 喋喋; used in 喋血
• 耋aged; in one's eighties
• 鲽flatfish; flounder; sole
• 眣prominent eyes
• 垤anthill; mound
• 堞battlements
• 咥gnaw; bite