Moths are attracted by light.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
飞蛾
moth
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
moth
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 飞蛾 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 飞蛾 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The scent of cedar repels moths.
Is it a butterfly or a moth?
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 飞蛾.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 飞蛾.
Directly before
- 一只飞蛾1
- 驱赶飞蛾1
Directly after
- 飞蛾被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 飞蛾
What does 飞蛾 mean in Chinese?
飞蛾 (fēié) means moth.
How do you pronounce 飞蛾?
飞蛾 is pronounced fēié.
Is 飞蛾 an HSK word?
飞蛾 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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