Chinese symbol for “papillon”
蝴蝶犬
hú dié quǎn
papillon (lapdog with butterfly-like ears)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for papillon is 蝴蝶犬 (hú dié quǎn), defined as: papillon (lapdog with butterfly-like ears).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蝴蝶犬.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蝴蝶 | hú dié | butterfly; 只 (zhī) |
| 蝴蝶结 (蝴蝶結) | hú dié jié | bow; bowknot |
| 蝴蝶效应 (蝴蝶效應) | hú dié xiào yìng | butterfly effect (dynamical systems theory) |
| 蝴蝶花 | hú dié huā | iris; Iris tectorum |
| 蝴蝶兰 (蝴蝶蘭) | hú dié lán | moth orchid (genus Phalaenopsis) |
| 鸳鸯蝴蝶 (鴛鴦蝴蝶) | yuān yang hú dié | Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds); derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900 |
| 蝶泳 | dié yǒng | butterfly stroke (swimming) |
| 胡蝶 | hú dié | variant of 蝴蝶 (hú dié) |
| 警犬 | jǐng quǎn | police dog |
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.