Housefly in Chinese (Mandarin): 苍蝇 (cāngying)
苍蝇
cāngying
housefly
- Simplified
- 苍蝇
- Traditional
- 蒼蠅
- Pinyin
- cāngying
- Typed as
- cangying
Use it in a sentence
苍蝇在桌子上飞。
蒼蠅在桌子上飛。
The housefly flies on the table.
The characters in 苍蝇
苍 / 蒼
Gray-green. 艹 (grass) is on top.
7 strokes
蝇 / 蠅
Fly. 虫 (bug) is on the left.
14 strokes
Say 蝇 short and light: cāng-ying. A fly swatter is 苍蝇拍 (cāngyingpāi).
More examples with 苍蝇
苍蝇嗡嗡叫。
蒼蠅嗡嗡叫。
Cāngying wēngwēng jiào.
The fly buzzes.
别让苍蝇落在食物上。
別讓蒼蠅落在食物上。
Bié ràng cāngying luò zài shíwù shang.
Don't let flies land on the food.
How to write 苍蝇 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
苍 7 strokes
蝇 14 strokes
In Traditional characters:
蒼 14 strokes
蠅 19 strokes
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