萤火虫 meaning in English

yínghuǒchóng

firefly; glowworm

Traditional 螢火蟲21 strokes

Meaning of 萤火虫

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yínghuǒchóng
  1. firefly
  2. glowworm
  3. lightning bug

萤火虫 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

是shì只zhǐ萤yíng火huǒ虫chóng。
It's a firefly.

Stroke order for each character

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萤 yíng · firefly · 11 strokes

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火 huǒ · fire · 4 strokes

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虫 chóng · insect · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 萤火虫.

火车huǒchētrain
着火zháohuǒto catch fire
虫子chóngziinsect; bug
火灾huǒzāiserious fire (in a city or a forest etc)
火腿huǒtuǐham
火柴huǒcháimatch (for lighting fire)
火箭huǒjiànrocket
火焰huǒyànblaze; flame
火山huǒshānvolcano
发火fāhuǒto catch fire; to ignite; to lose one's temper; to blow up
昆虫kūnchónginsect
点火diǎnhuǒto ignite; to light a fire

Questions about 萤火虫

What does 萤火虫 mean?

萤火虫 (yínghuǒchóng) means "firefly; glowworm".

How do you write 萤火虫?

萤火虫 is made of 3 characters: 萤 (11 strokes), 火 (4 strokes), 虫 (6 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.

How is 萤火虫 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 萤火虫 is written 螢火蟲.