Butterfly in Chinese (Mandarin): 蝴蝶 (húdié)
蝴蝶
húdié
butterfly
- Simplified
- 蝴蝶
- Traditional
- 蝴蝶
- Pinyin
- húdié
- Typed as
- hudie
Use it in a sentence
蝴蝶有漂亮的翅膀。
The butterfly has beautiful wings.
The characters in 蝴蝶
蝴
Part of the word for butterfly. 虫 (bug) is on the left.
15 strokes
蝶
Butterfly. 虫 (bug) is on the left.
15 strokes
Both characters have 虫 for a small creature. A caterpillar, 毛毛虫 (máomaochóng), grows into a butterfly.
More examples with 蝴蝶
蝴蝶在花园里飞。
蝴蝶在花園裡飛。
Húdié zài huāyuán li fēi.
The butterfly flies in the garden.
我看到一只蝴蝶。
我看到一隻蝴蝶。
Wǒ kàn dào yì zhī húdié.
I saw a butterfly.
How to write 蝴蝶 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
蝴 15 strokes
蝶 15 strokes
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