Usage of the character 蝴
hú
蝴
[蝴]
- used in 蝴蝶 (húdié)
húdié
蝴蝶
[蝴蝶]
- butterfly
- CL:隻／只 (zhī)
húdiéqín
蝴蝶琴
[蝴蝶琴]
- same as yangqin 揚琴／扬琴, dulcimer
húdiéjié
蝴蝶结
[蝴蝶結]
- bow
- bowknot
húdiéquǎn
蝴蝶犬
[蝴蝶犬]
- papillon (lapdog with butterfly-like ears)
húdiésū
蝴蝶酥
[蝴蝶酥]
- crispy short-crust pastry
- mille-feuilles
húdiéhuā
蝴蝶花
[蝴蝶花]
- iris
- Iris tectorum
húdiéjiǎo
蝴蝶铰
[蝴蝶鉸]
- hinge
yuānyanghúdié
鸳鸯蝴蝶
[鴛鴦蝴蝶]
- Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds)
- derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900
húdiélǐngjié
蝴蝶领结
[蝴蝶領結]
- bow tie
húdiéxiàoyìng
蝴蝶效应
[蝴蝶效應]
- butterfly effect (dynamical systems theory)
yuānyanghúdiépài
鸳鸯蝴蝶派
[鴛鴦蝴蝶派]
- Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists