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蟆

má

Character

What 蟆 means

1. toad

Other readings

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

• máold variant of {蟆|má}

Words containing 蟆

• 蛤蟆há mafrog; toad
• 癞蛤蟆lài há matoad
• 哈士蟆hà shi máChinese brown frog (Rana chensinensis) (loanword from Manchu); Taiwan pr. hā shì má
• 蛤蟆夯há ma hāngpower-driven rammer or tamper
• 蛤蟆镜há ma jìngaviator sunglasses
• 癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉lài há ma xiǎng chī tiān é ròulit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom); fig. to try to punch above one's weight
• 虾蟆há mavariant of 蛤蟆

Characters that look like 蟆

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

• 瞧qiáoto look at; to see; to see (a doctor)
• 蝶dié(bound form) butterfly
• 穗suìear of grain; tassel; fringe
• 蝗huánglocust
• 螟míngboring insect; snout moth's larva…
• 蝾róngsalamander

Sounds the same

Read má, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 嘛used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽; (Taiwan; colloquial) what?
• 麻hemp (variant of 麻
• 么exclamatory final particle
• 吗(colloquial) what?
• 痲used in 痲痹; used in 痲风; used in 痲疹