měng
noun #83,782

Meanings

  1. 1 midge
  2. 2 biting midge
  3. 3 sandfly

Examples

Bàngwǎn hú biān yǒu hěnduō měng chóng, yǎo qǐlái hěn téng.
There are tons of midges by the lake at dusk, and they bite painfully.
Měng suīrán hěn xiǎo, dàn bèi yǎo le huì zhǒng de hěn lìhai.
Midges are tiny but their bites can swell up badly.

Tips

usage
is a tiny biting fly, smaller than a mosquito. The everyday word is měngchóng (midge). They swarm near water and damp grass, mostly around dawn and dusk.

Components

radical
chóng
insect; worm
The insect radical marks as a small bug, the same radical found in mosquito and fly.
phonetic
méng
to cover; dim (here phonetic)
Right is , supplying the sound that shifted in tone to měng. It contributes the reading only, with no meaning carried into this insect name.

Stroke Order

měng