苍 cāng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 仓 granary, barn
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
苍蝇
cāngying
fly
Characters in this word
蝇 yíng
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 虫 — insect, worm
- Made of
- 虫 insect, worm 黾 frog, toad
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 厨房一旦有苍蝇滋生，就说明垃圾处理流程出了问题。 Chúfáng yídàn yǒu cāngying zīshēng, jiù shuōmíng lājī chǔlǐ liúchéng chū le wèntí. Once flies start breeding in the kitchen, it shows that there is a problem with the rubbish-disposal process.
- 桌上的西瓜招来了好几只苍蝇。 Zhuō shang de xīguā zhāolái le hǎo jǐ zhī cāngying. The watermelon on the table attracted quite a few flies.
- 夏天到了，我们得买个苍蝇拍。 Xiàtiān dào le, wǒmen děi mǎi ge cāngyingpāi. Summer is here, so we need to buy a fly swatter.
Related words
- 苍白 cāngbái pale; weak; unconvincing
- 害虫 hàichóng pest; harmful insect
- 豹 bào leopard
- 大雁 dàyàn wild goose
- 鳄鱼 èyú crocodile; alligator
- 巢穴 cháoxué nest; lair; den
- 龟 guī turtle; tortoise
- 雌性 cíxìng female; female sex
- 海豚 hǎitún dolphin
- 粪 fèn faeces; manure
- 狐狸 húli fox
- 捕获 bǔhuò to capture; to catch; to acquire