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蝶
dié
1. butterfly
2. CL:[[隻|只<zhī>]]
Common • Top 13% ✏️ 15 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

蝶
dié
butterfly
HSK 5 15 丶

Compound Words (20)

蝶骨
diégǔ
sphenoid bone (front of the temple)
蛱蝶
jiádié
nymphalid
蝴蝶
húdié
butterfly
HSK 5
蝶类
diélèi
butterfly (family)
胡蝶
húdié
variant of [[蝴蝶<húdié>]]
蝶泳
diéyǒng
butterfly stroke (swimming)
蝶窦
diédòu
sphenoidal sinus
蝶兰
diélán
Phalaenopsis (flower genus)
欧蝶鱼
ōudiéyú
plaice
燕尾蝶
yānwěidié
swallow tail butterfly (family Papilionidae)
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
蝶山区
Diéshānqū
Dieshan district of Wuzhou city [[梧州市<Wúzhōushì>]], Guangxi
凤蝶科
fèngdiékē
family Papilionidae (taxonomy)
庄周梦蝶
zhuāngzhōumèngdié
Zhuangzi [[莊子|庄子]] dreams of a butterfly (or is it the butterfly dreaming of Zhuangzi?)
鸳鸯蝴蝶
yuānyanghúdié
Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds)
蝴蝶效应
húdiéxiàoyìng
butterfly effect (dynamical systems theory)

Alternate Entries

蝶
dié
variant of [[蝶<dié>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
2,305
Word Frequency Rank
11,178 of 84,292