Chinese symbol for “lizard”
蜥蜴
xī yì
lizard
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lizard is 蜥蜴 (xī yì), defined as: lizard.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “lizard”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蜥蜴.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鬣蜥 | liè xī | iguana |
| 巨蜥 | jù xī | monitor lizards (family Varanidae) |
| 火蜥蜴 | huǒ xī yì | salamander |
| 草原巨蜥 | cǎo yuán jù xī | Savannah monitor (Varanus exanthematicus) |
| 虺蜥 | huǐ xī | venomous snake; fig. vicious person |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lizard”.
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.