蚱蜢 (zhà měng) — grasshopper

Definition

noun
grasshopper
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 蚱蜢
    Tián yě lǐ yǒu hěn duō zhà měng zài tiào lái tiào qù.
    There are many grasshoppers hopping around in the fields.
  • 蚱蜢
    zhà měng Shì yì zhǒng cháng jiàn de kūn chóng, yán sè tōng cháng shì lǜ sè huò hè sè.
    Grasshoppers are a common type of insect, usually green or brown in color.
  • 蚱蜢
    Xiǎo péng yǒu zhuā le yì zhī zhà měng fàng zài píng zi lǐ guān chá.
    The child caught a grasshopper and put it in a bottle to observe.

Origin

Single-morpheme word
构词法gòucífǎ
联绵liánmiánBound pair

Two characters that only ever appear together, spelling one ancient two-syllable word.

zhà
měng

The characters 蚱 and 蜢 carry no separate meaning here; together they name a grasshopper.

Sound-only characters

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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