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Word and Radical Components of 蝴蝶

The Chinese word 蝴蝶 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
蝴蝶 1. butterfly

蝴蝶 ⇨ 蝴 + 蝶
Component Pinyin Meanings
hú, hùernacular 1. Only used in 蝴蝶 (butterfly)
2. usage. Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian ((lw, zh, pref=《, 现代汉语规范词典, suf=》)) proscribes the use of the pronunciation m, cmn, hù.
dié, tiě 1. butterfly
2. usage. Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian ((lw, zh, pref=《, 现代汉语规范词典, suf=》)) proscribes the use of the pronunciation m, cmn, tiěr.
tiē 3. (zh-only, 蝶?)

蝶 ⇨ 虫 + 枼
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. insect
2. Variant of 蟲
3. Variant of 虺
1. (obsolete) thin woodchip
2. (obsolete) Alternative form of 世 (generation)

枼 ⇨ 世 + 木
Component Pinyin Meanings
shì 1. generation
     世代 - generation
     德皇 威廉 - Kaiser Wilhelm II
2. (literary, or in compounds) for many generations; spanning many generations
     世襲 - to inherit; to succeed
     世仇 - hereditary enemy
3. (in terms of address) longstanding friendship between two families; generations of family friendship
     世伯 - uncle (friend of one's father)
4. lifetime; all one's life; one's whole life
     一生一世 - all one's life
     下世 - next life
5. era; period; time
     當今 - at present; nowadays
6. (geology) epoch (geochronologic unit)
     全新世 - holocene
7. world; people in the world
     世界 - world
     在世 - alive
8. (literary, or in compounds) dynasty; regime
9. (literary, or in compounds) year; age
10. (literary, or in compounds) worldly; profane; secular
     人情世故 - ways of the world
1. tree; woody plant
     (syn, zh, )
     樹木 - tree
     灌木 - shrub
     木芍藥 - tree peony
2. wood; timber
     木頭tou - log
3. wooden
      桌子 。 - This table is made of wood
4. simple; plain; slow; emotionless; wooden
     木訥 - plain spoken, slow and inarticulate
     棺木 - coffin
     就木 - to die (to enter one's coffin)
5. (Mandarin, neologism, slang) (eye dialect of zh, 沒)
     有木有 - innit, damn right
6. numb
     麻木 - numb, insensitive
      手指 。 - Her fingers were numb with cold.