蝇 — Chinese character
蝇
yíng
fly, musca
- Pinyin
- yíng
- Radical
- 142 ⾍ (Insect)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 虫 黾
- Formation
- ideographic — Insects 虫 that toads 黾 feed on
- Traditional
- 蠅
Common words with 蝇
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 苍蝇 (蒼蠅) | cāng ying | housefly; 只 (zhī) |
| 果蝇 (果蠅) | guǒ yíng | fruit fly |
| 蝇头小利 (蠅頭小利) | yíng tóu xiǎo lì | (idiom) meager profit; petty gain |
| 捕蝇草 (捕蠅草) | bǔ yíng cǎo | Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) |
| 家蝇 (家蠅) | jiā yíng | house fly |
| 蝇子 (蠅子) | yíng zi | housefly |
| 苍蝇拍 (蒼蠅拍) | cāng ying pāi | flyswatter |
| 蝇蛆 (蠅蛆) | yíng qū | fly larva; maggot |
| 蝇营狗苟 (蠅營狗苟) | yíng yíng gǒu gǒu | (lit.) to swarm like flies around rotten food and drag out an ignoble existence like a dog (idiom); (fig.) to lead an undignified life; to resort to any means f |
| 蝇虎 (蠅虎) | yíng hǔ | jumping spider (family Salticidae) |
| 没头苍蝇 (沒頭蒼蠅) | méi tóu cāng ying | see 无头苍蝇 (wú tóu cāng ying) |
| 如蝇逐臭 (如蠅逐臭) | rú yíng zhú chòu | like flies pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful; the crowd runs after trash |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.