蜓

tíng

noun

Meanings

HSK 7-9

下雨前蜻蜓飞得特别低。

Xiàyǔ qián qīngtíng fēi de tèbié dī.

Dragonflies fly especially low before it rains.

HSK 7-9

孩子在花园里追蜻蜓。

Háizi zài huāyuán lǐ zhuī qīngtíng.

The child is chasing dragonflies in the garden.

usage

蜓 only appears in 蜻蜓 (dragonfly). It is a bound syllable with no independent meaning.

radical

虫 chóng

insect; worm

The insect radical 虫 on the left marks this as the name of a bug.

phonetic

廷 tíng

court (royal); courtyard

On the right 廷 supplies the sound exactly, with no shift. It serves purely as the phonetic element.

蜓 tíng