Usage of the character 蚊
wén
蚊
[螡]
- old variant of 蚊 (wén)
wén
蚊
[蚊]
- mosquito
wén
蚊
[蟁]
- old variant of 蚊 (wén)
wénzhàng
蚊帐
[蚊帳]
- mosquito net
- CL:頂／顶 (dǐng)
wénxiāng
蚊香
[蚊香]
- mosquito-repellent incense or coil
wénzi
蚊子
[蚊子]
- mosquito
nüèwén
疟蚊
[瘧蚊]
- Anopheles (type of mosquito)
ànwén
按蚊
[按蚊]
- anopheles
- malarial mosquito
yīwén
伊蚊
[伊蚊]
- Aedes, a genus of mosquito
wénchóng
蚊虫
[蚊蟲]
- mosquito
diànwénpāi
电蚊拍
[電蚊拍]
- electric mosquito swatter
hēibānwén
黑斑蚊
[黑斑蚊]
- Aedes, a genus of mosquito
fángwényè
防蚊液
[防蚊液]
- mosquito repellent
fēiwénzhèng
飞蚊症
[飛蚊症]
- eye floaters (moving spots in the eye's vitreous humor)
bìwén'àn
避蚊胺
[避蚊胺]
- DEET (insect repellent)
wénziguǎn
蚊子馆
[蚊子館]
- (jocular) public building that has been lying idle (and is thus ideal for housing mosquitos) (Tw)
báixiànbānwén
白线斑蚊
[白線斑蚊]
- Aedes albopictus (species of mosquito)
dàpàodǎwénzi
大炮打蚊子
[大炮打蚊子]
- cannon fire to hit a mosquito
- to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
wénzizàixiǎoyěshìròu
蚊子再小也是肉
[蚊子再小也是肉]
- lit. even a mosquito, though tiny, provides some nourishment (idiom)
- fig. it's better than nothing