Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- tíng
English
- dragonfly
- see 蜻蜓[qing1 ting2]
Words containing 蜓
- 蜻蜓cing1 ting4
dragonfly
- 蜻蜓目cing1 ting4 muk6
Odonata, order consisting of about 6,000 species of dragonflies and damselflies
- 竹蜻蜓zuk1 cing1 ting4
bamboo-copter; literally: bamboo dragonfly
- 蜻蜓點水cing1 ting4 dim2 seoi2
lit. the dragonfly touches the water lightly
- 堰蜓座jin2 ting4 zo6
Chamaeleon (constellation)
- 蜻蜓撼石柱cing1 ting4 ham6 sek6 cyu5
lit. the dragon-fly shakes the stone tower (idiom); fig. to overestimate one's capabilities