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leech-hopper

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Insects
mǎ
バ、メ
Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 馬 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (螞)
虫 insects+ 馬 horse =
螞 leech-hopper
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
馬 Phonetic component
horse
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Simplified (蚂)
虫 insects+ 马 steed =
蚂 ant
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
马 Phonetic component
mǎ steed
horse
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Notes
Similar Characters
蛊 harm (simp)蜀 short name for Sichuan蟲 insects (trad)烛 taper (simp)融 melt独 alone (jp)触 touch (jp)浊 filthy (simp)繭 cocoon (trad/jp)茧 callus (simp)萤 glow-worm (simp)虮 louse (simp)虰 less common word虱 bug (simp)虹 rainbow虺 large poisonous snake虻 horsefly虼 a flea虽 even (simp)虾 prawn (simp)
Chinese
蚂 / 螞 [mā]
dragonfly
蚂 / 螞 [mǎ]
ant
蚂 / 螞 [mà]
grasshopper
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (11)
蚂蚁 [mǎ​yǐ] #6,545
ant
蚂蚱 [mà​zha] #20,410
(dialect) locust
热锅上的蚂蚁 [rè​guō​shang​de​mǎ​yǐ] #44,034
(like) a cat on a hot tin roof
蚂蟥 [mǎ​huáng] #62,725
leech
蚂蜂 [mǎ​fēng] #61,880
variant of 馬蜂|马蜂[mǎ​fēng]
蚂螂 [mā​láng] #74,756
dragonfly
一根绳上的蚂蚱 [yī​gēn​shéng​shàng​de​mà​zha]
see 一條繩上的螞蚱|一条绳上的蚂蚱[yī​tiáo​shéng​shàng​de​mà​zha]
一条绳上的蚂蚱 [yī​tiáo​shéng​shàng​de​mà​zha]
lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)
蚂蚁上树 [mǎ​yǐ​shàng​shù]
"ants climbing a tree", a Sichuan dish made with cellophane noodles 粉絲|粉丝[fěn​sī] and ground meat (so called because the particles of meat clinging to the noodles look like ants on the twigs of a tree)
蚂蚁腰 [mǎ​yǐ​yāo]
(coll.) tiny waist
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