苍
蝇

Housefly in Chinese: 苍蝇 (cāng ying)

cāng ying

housefly

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 蒼蠅1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1housefly

Stroke order

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苍
蝇

Zhuyin

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ㄘㄤ

cāng

ㄘ/ cㄤ/ ang—/ first tone

˙ㄧㄥ

ying

˙/ neutral toneㄧ/ iㄥ/ eng

Simplified & traditional

苍蝇

Simplified

蒼蠅

Traditional

Example sentences

See 苍蝇 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 厨房里飞进来一只苍蝇。

    chú fáng lǐ fēi jìn lái yì zhī cāng ying。

    A housefly flew into the kitchen.

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Related words

舱

cāng

cabin

藏匿

cáng nì

to cover up

藏品

cáng pǐn

museum piece

藏身

cáng shēn

to hide

操控

cāo kòng

to control

操劳

cāo láo

to work hard

槽

cáo

trough

草案

cǎo àn

draft (legislation, proposal etc)

草坪

cǎo píng

lawn

侧面

cè miàn

lateral side

侧重

cè zhòng

to place particular emphasis on

测算

cè suàn

to take measurements and calculate

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