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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 萤火虫

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
萤火虫 yíng huǒ chóng - firefly
- glowworm
- lightning bug

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 13,893 31,933 15,042

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yíng- firefly
- glow-worm
huǒ- surname Huo
huǒ- fire
- urgent
- ammunition
- fiery or flaming
- internal heat (Chinese medicine)
- hot (popular)
- classifier for military units (old)
- Kangxi radical 86
chóng- variant of 蟲|虫[chong2]
chóng- lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures
- CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1]
- (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic

Other Words Containing 萤火虫

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
萤火虫 - - 13,893 31,933 15,042