Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "蚊", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "蚊", and master the standard way of writing the character "蚊".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 蚊
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "蚊" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
蚊 [wén]
[名]
1. 蚊子 ([En.] mosquito)
- An insect with many species. The male feeds on plant juices, while the female feeds on the blood of humans and animals, and some can transmit diseases. The larvae are called "孑孓".
- Examples:
- 蚊子 (mosquito)
- 蚊香 (mosquito repellent)
- 蚊帐 (mosquito net)
- 聚蚊成雷 (a crowd of mosquitoes making a sound like thunder).
引
1. From Liu Yuxi's "聚蚊谣": The flying mosquitoes wait in the dark, making a sound like thunder.
2. From Han Yu's "醉赠张秘书": Although one can enjoy a moment of joy, it is like gathering flies and mosquitoes.
3. From Wei Xueyi's "核舟记": As fine as a mosquito's feet.
例
Additional phrases:
- 蚊力 (weak strength)
- 蚊市 (a market of mosquitoes at dusk; many mosquitoes)
- 蚊首 (as tiny as a mosquito’s head)
- 蚊负 (metaphor for someone not capable but taking on heavy responsibilities)
- 蚊雷 (the sound of swarming mosquitoes, also a metaphor for slanderous talk)
- 蚊睫 (the eyelashes of mosquitoes; metaphor for extremely tiny things)
- 蚊幌 (mosquito net)
- 蚊厨 (a curtain used in summer to avoid mosquitoes)
- 蚊蝇 (mosquitoes and flies; also used to describe a troubling worldly situation)
- 蚊蚁 (ants or pest insects; metaphor for bad people)
- 蚊响 (the sound made by swarming insects)
- 蚊聚 (the gathering of insects)
- 蚊翼 (wings of mosquitoes; metaphor for very small matters)
- 蚊烟 (mosquito repellent incense)
- 蚊阵 (a swarm of mosquitoes)
- 蚊眉 (the eyebrows of ants; metaphor for extremely small places)
- 蚊吟 (the sound made by the wings of a mosquito)
- 蚊虻 (a type of insect harmful to livestock; metaphor for minor harm)
- 蚊母鸟 (the night hawk that preys on mosquitoes; active at night)
- 蚊虻负山 (metaphor for someone weak taking on heavy responsibility, hard to trust)
- 蚊思负山 (metaphor for a small force willing to take on heavy responsibility).