Usage of the character 蝶
dié
蝶
[蜨]
- variant of 蝶 (dié)
dié
蝶
[蝶]
- (bound form) butterfly
diégǔ
蝶骨
[蝶骨]
- sphenoid bone (front of the temple)
fěndié
粉蝶
[粉蝶]
- pierid (butterfly of the Pieridae family)
diélèi
蝶类
[蝶類]
- butterfly (family)
fèngdié
凤蝶
[鳳蝶]
- swallowtail butterfly
diédòu
蝶窦
[蝶竇]
- sphenoidal sinus
húdié
胡蝶
[胡蝶]
- variant of 蝴蝶 (húdié)
jiádié
蛱蝶
[蛺蝶]
- nymphalid
- butterfly
diélán
蝶兰
[蝶蘭]
- Phalaenopsis (flower genus)
húdié
蝴蝶
[蝴蝶]
- butterfly
- CL:隻／只 (zhī)
diéyǒng
蝶泳
[蝶泳]
- butterfly stroke (swimming)
húdiéjié
蝴蝶结
[蝴蝶結]
- bow
- bowknot
fèngdiékē
凤蝶科
[鳳蝶科]
- family Papilionidae (taxonomy)
Diéshānqū
蝶山区
[蝶山區]
- Dieshan district of Wuzhou city 梧州市 ( Wúzhōushì), Guangxi
yànwěidié
燕尾蝶
[燕尾蝶]
- swallow tail butterfly (family Papilionidae)
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
hǔbāndié
虎斑蝶
[虎斑蝶]
- common tiger butterfly (Danaus genutia)
húdiéjiǎo
蝴蝶铰
[蝴蝶鉸]
- hinge
húdiéqín
蝴蝶琴
[蝴蝶琴]
- same as yangqin 揚琴／扬琴, dulcimer
ōudiéyú
欧蝶鱼
[歐蝶魚]
- plaice
húdiéhuā
蝴蝶花
[蝴蝶花]
- iris
- Iris tectorum
diéxínglǐngjié
蝶形领结
[蝶形領結]
- bow tie
zhuāngzhōumèngdié
庄周梦蝶
[莊周夢蝶]
- Zhuangzi 莊子／庄子 ( Zhuāngzǐ) dreams of a butterfly (or is it the butterfly dreaming of Zhuangzi?)
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
zhāofēng-yǐndié
招蜂引蝶
[招蜂引蝶]
- (of a flower) to attract bees and butterflies
- (fig.) to flirt
húdiéxiàoyìng
蝴蝶效应
[蝴蝶效應]
- butterfly effect (dynamical systems theory)
diéxínglǐngdài
蝶形领带
[蝶形領帶]
- bow tie
húdiélǐngjié
蝴蝶领结
[蝴蝶領結]
- bow tie
pòjiǎnchéngdié
破茧成蝶
[破繭成蝶]
- lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom)
- fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle
- to get to a better place after going through difficult period
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