蜻蛉

Chinese

		dragonfly
trad. (蜻蛉)		蜻	蛉
simp. #(蜻蛉)		蜻	蛉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīnglíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ ling⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīnglíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cinglíng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-ling²
    • Yale: chīng-líng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingling
    • Palladius: цинлин (cinlin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ ling⁴
    • Yale: chīng lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ ling⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ ling⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ lɪŋ²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 蜻蛉

1. dragonfly

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
蜻	蛉
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
irregular

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 蜻蛉 (qīnglíng) (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• 蜻蜓

Noun

蜻蛉(とんぼ) or 蜻蛉(トンボ) • (tonbo) 

1. dragonfly

Derived terms

• 竹蜻蛉(たけとんぼ) (taketonbo): a bamboo dragonfly/bamboo-copter; a toy.
• 黄蜻蛉(キトンボ) (kitonbo)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
蜻	蛉
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
irregular

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

蜻蛉(とんぼう) or 蜻蛉(トンボー) • (tonbō) ^{←とんばう (tonbau)?}

1. dragonfly

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
蜻	蛉
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
irregular

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

蜻蛉(とうぼう) or 蜻蛉(トウボウ) • (tōbō) ^{←とうばう (toubau)?}

1. dragonfly

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
蜻	蛉
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
irregular

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

蜻蛉(あきず) or 蜻蛉(アキズ) • (akizu) ^{←あきづ (akidu)?}

1. (archaic) (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative spelling of 秋津: dragonfly

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
蜻	蛉
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
irregular

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

蜻蛉(あきつ) or 蜻蛉(アキツ) • (akitsu) 

1. (archaic, since the Heian period) (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative spelling of 秋津: dragonfly

Etymology 6

Kanji in this term
蜻	蛉
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
irregular

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

蜻蛉(えんば) or 蜻蛉(エンバ) • (enba) ^{←ゑんば (wenba)?}

1. (archaic) dragonfly

Etymology 7

Kanji in this term
蜻	蛉
せい Hyōgaiji	れい Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

蜻(せい)蛉(れい) or 蜻蛉(セイレイ) • (seirei) 

1. dragonfly

Etymology 8

Kanji in this term
蜻	蛉
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
irregular

Change in meaning from 陽炎 (kagerō, “heat haze, heat shimmer”), from the way that the insects fly in swarms that visually resemble heat haze.

Noun

蜻蛉(かげろう) or 蜻蛉(カゲロウ) • (kagerō) ^{←かげろふ (kagerofu)?}

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Obsolete spelling of 蜉蝣: dragonfly

Etymology 9

Kanji in this term
蜻	蛉
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
irregular

Change in meaning from 陽炎 (kagirō, “heat haze, heat shimmer”), from the way that the insects fly in swarms that visually resemble heat haze.

Noun

蜻蛉(かぎろう) or 蜻蛉(カギロウ) • (kagirō) ^{←かぎろふ (kagirofu)?}

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Obsolete spelling of 蜉蝣: dragonfly