Ant in Chinese (Mandarin): 蚂蚁 (mǎyǐ)
蚂蚁
mǎyǐ
ant
- Simplified
- 蚂蚁
- Traditional
- 螞蟻
- Pinyin
- mǎyǐ
- Typed as
- mayi
Use it in a sentence
蚂蚁排队搬东西。
螞蟻排隊搬東西。
The ants line up to carry things.
The characters in 蚂蚁
蚂 / 螞
Part of the word for ant. 虫 (bug) is on the left, and 马 (mǎ) gives the sound.
9 strokes
蚁 / 蟻
Ant. 虫 (bug) is on the left.
9 strokes
Two third tones in a row: the first rises, máyǐ. Ants are tiny but very strong.
More examples with 蚂蚁
蚂蚁很小。
螞蟻很小。
Mǎyǐ hěn xiǎo.
Ants are very small.
地上有很多蚂蚁。
地上有很多螞蟻。
Dì shang yǒu hěn duō mǎyǐ.
There are many ants on the ground.
How to write 蚂蚁 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
蚂 9 strokes
蚁 9 strokes
In Traditional characters:
螞 16 strokes
蟻 19 strokes
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