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There are 12 total results for your 蜻蜓 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

蜻蜓

see styles
qīng tíng
    qing1 ting2
ch`ing t`ing
    ching ting

More info & calligraphy:

Dragonfly
dragonfly

蜻蜓目

see styles
qīng tíng mù
    qing1 ting2 mu4
ch`ing t`ing mu
    ching ting mu
Odonata, order consisting of about 6,000 species of dragonflies and damselflies

蜻蜓點水


蜻蜓点水

see styles
qīng tíng diǎn shuǐ
    qing1 ting2 dian3 shui3
ch`ing t`ing tien shui
    ching ting tien shui
lit. the dragonfly touches the water lightly; superficial contact (idiom)

蜻蜓撼石柱

see styles
qīng tíng hàn shí zhù
    qing1 ting2 han4 shi2 zhu4
ch`ing t`ing han shih chu
    ching ting han shih chu
lit. the dragon-fly shakes the stone tower (idiom); fig. to overestimate one's capabilities

銀蜻蜓(oK)

see styles
 ginyanma; ginyanma
    ぎんやんま; ギンヤンマ
(kana only) lesser emperor (species of dragonfly, Anax parthenope)

銀蜻蜓(rK)

see styles
 ginyanma; ginyanma
    ぎんやんま; ギンヤンマ
(kana only) lesser emperor (Anax parthenope)

団扇蜻蜓(oK)

see styles
 uchiwayanma; uchiwayanma
    うちわやんま; ウチワヤンマ
(kana only) Sinictinogomphus clavatus (species of clubtail dragonfly)

Variations:
蜻蜒
蜻蜓(oK)

see styles
 yanma; yanma
    やんま; ヤンマ
(1) (kana only) darner (any dragonfly of family Aeshnidae); devil's darning needle; (2) (kana only) dragonfly (esp. a large one)

Variations:
馬大頭
鬼蜻蜓(oK)

see styles
 oniyanma; oniyanma
    おにやんま; オニヤンマ
(kana only) Siebold's dragonfly (Anotogaster sieboldii); jumbo dragonfly

Variations:
蜻蛉(P)
蜻蜓(oK)

see styles
 tonbo(p); tonbou; seirei; tonbo / tonbo(p); tonbo; sere; tonbo
    とんぼ(P); とんぼう; せいれい; トンボ
(kana only) dragonfly; damselfly

Variations:
団扇蜻蜓(rK)
団扇やんま(sK)

see styles
 uchiwayanma; uchiwayanma
    うちわやんま; ウチワヤンマ
(kana only) Sinictinogomphus clavatus (species of clubtail dragonfly)

Variations:
蜻蛉(P)
蜻蜒(rK)
蜻蜓(oK)

see styles
 tonbo(p); tonbou; seirei; tonbo / tonbo(p); tonbo; sere; tonbo
    とんぼ(P); とんぼう; せいれい; トンボ
(kana only) dragonfly; damselfly

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 12 results for "蜻蜓" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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