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蝴蝶
húdié
1. butterfly
2. CL:[[隻|只<zhī>]]
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 5%

Character Breakdown

蝴
hú
butterfly
HSK 5 15 丶
蝶
dié
butterfly
HSK 5 15 丶

Compound Words (8)

蝴蝶犬
húdiéquǎn
papillon (lapdog with butterfly-like ears)
蝴蝶琴
húdiéqín
same as yangqin [[揚琴|扬琴]], dulcimer
蝴蝶结
húdiéjié
bow
蝴蝶花
húdiéhuā
iris
蝴蝶酥
húdiésū
crispy short-crust pastry
蝴蝶效应
húdiéxiàoyìng
butterfly effect (dynamical systems theory)
鸳鸯蝴蝶
yuānyanghúdié
Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds)
鸳鸯蝴蝶派
yuānyanghúdiépài
Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
4,524 of 84,292