Chinese symbol for “dragonfly”
蜻蜓
qīng tíng
dragonfly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dragonfly is 蜻蜓 (qīng tíng), defined as: dragonfly.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “dragonfly”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蜻蜓.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蜻蜓点水 (蜻蜓點水) | qīng tíng diǎn shuǐ | lit. the dragonfly touches the water lightly; superficial contact (idiom) |
| 蜻蛉 | qīng líng | damselfly; lacewing |
| 剑走蜻蛉 (劍走蜻蛉) | jiàn zǒu qīng líng | the sword moves like a dragon-fly (modern idiom); fig. unexpected winning move |
| 草蜻蛉 | cǎo qīng líng | green lacewing |
| 蜻蛉目 | qīng líng mù | Odonata, order consisting of about 6,000 species of dragonflies and damselflies |
| 蜻蜓目 | qīng tíng mù | Odonata, order consisting of about 6,000 species of dragonflies and damselflies |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dragonfly”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.