That's not a cricket, that's a grasshopper.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
蟋蟀
cricket (insect)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
cricket (insect)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 蟋蟀 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 蟋蟀 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Why are there crickets in my room?
Why are there crickets in my room?
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 蟋蟀.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 蟋蟀.
Directly before
- 有蟋蟀2
- 的蟋蟀2
- 不是蟋蟀1
Directly after
- 蟋蟀吃1
- 蟋蟀一样1
- 蟋蟀的1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 蟋蟀
What does 蟋蟀 mean in Chinese?
蟋蟀 (xīshuài) means cricket (insect).
How do you pronounce 蟋蟀?
蟋蟀 is pronounced xīshuài.
Is 蟋蟀 an HSK word?
蟋蟀 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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