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青蛙

qīngwā

frog (classifier: 只)

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

frog (classifier: 只)

02

(old) (slang) ugly guy

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 青蛙 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 青蛙 appears in 11 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

我点了青蛙加面条。wǒ diǎn le qīng wā jiā miàn tiáo。

I ordered frogs and noodles.

我无法区分青蛙和蟾蜍。wǒ wú fǎ qū fēn qīng wā hé chán chú。

I can't distinguish a frog from a toad.

我的喉咙里有一只青蛙。wǒ de hóu lóng lǐ yǒu yī zhī qīng wā。

I've got a frog in my throat.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 青蛙.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 青蛙.

Directly before

  • 一只青蛙2
  • 了青蛙2
  • 区分青蛙1
  • 活青蛙1
  • 许多青蛙1

Directly after

  • 青蛙和2
  • 青蛙怕1
  • 青蛙加1
  • 青蛙后1
  • 青蛙黏糊糊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 青蛙

What does 青蛙 mean in Chinese?

青蛙 (qīngwā) means frog (classifier: 只).

How do you pronounce 青蛙?

青蛙 is pronounced qīngwā.

Is 青蛙 an HSK word?

青蛙 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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