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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)

胡蝶
húdié
variant of [[蝴蝶<húdié>]]
蛱蝶
jiádié
nymphalid
蝴蝶
húdié
butterfly
HSK 5
蝶泳
diéyǒng
butterfly stroke (swimming)
蝶窦
diédòu
sphenoidal sinus
蝶兰
diélán
Phalaenopsis (flower genus)
蝶类
diélèi
butterfly (family)
蝶骨
diégǔ
sphenoid bone (front of the temple)
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?)
蝴蝶效应
húdiéxiàoyìng
butterfly effect (dynamical systems theory)
鸳鸯蝴蝶
yuānyanghúdié
Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds)

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