果蝇

果蠅

guǒyíng

noun #31,398

Measure Word

一只果蝇 zhī

Meanings

1 fruit fly
2 Drosophila

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

科学家常用果蝇做遗传学实验。

Kēxuéjiā cháng yòng guǒyíng zuò yíchuánxué shíyàn.

Scientists often use fruit flies for genetics experiments.

HSK 5

厨房里飞着几只果蝇。

Chúfáng lǐ fēi zhe jǐ zhī guǒyíng.

A few fruit flies are flying around the kitchen.

Tips

memory

果 (fruit) + 蝇 (fly) = the bug that hovers over your bananas. 果蝇 is also the workhorse of biology labs (Drosophila melanogaster) - its short life cycle makes it ideal for genetics research.

Stroke Order

果 guǒ

蝇 yíng