蒼蠅 [苍蝇]

Jyutping cong1 jing4
Pinyin cāng yíng

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, literally
    housefly; fly (Classifier: 隻／只)
    • 那些牛甩動著尾巴驅趕蒼蠅。
      那些牛甩动著尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
      nà xiē niú shuǎi dòng zhe wěi ba qū gǎn cāng ying ．
      The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.
  2. noun, figuratively
    low-ranking corrupt employee
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #343

蒼蠅 [苍蝇]

Jyutping cong1 jing4
Pinyin cāng ying

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. housefly
  2. CL:隻|只[zhi1]
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞、書面語
    烏​蠅​嘅​書​面​語​（​量​詞​：​隻​）
    a fly, the equivalent of 烏蠅(wu1 jing1) in Standard Written Chinese
  2. 近義詞
    烏蠅
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, figuratively
    low-ranking corrupt employee
  2. noun, literally
    housefly; fly (Classifier: 隻／只)
    • 那些牛甩動著尾巴驅趕蒼蠅。
      那些牛甩动著尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
      nà xiē niú shuǎi dòng zhe wěi ba qū gǎn cāng ying ．
      The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    他把苍蝇拍走了。
    他把蒼蠅拍走了。
    tā bǎ cāng ying pāi zǒu le 。
    • He flapped the flies away.
  2. Mandarin
    天花板上面有只苍蝇。
    天花板上面有隻蒼蠅。
    tiān huā bǎn shàng miàn yǒu zhǐ cāng ying 。
    • There is a fly on the ceiling.
  3. Mandarin
    面汤里有个苍蝇。
    麪湯裏有個蒼蠅。
    miàn tāng lǐ yǒu gè cāng ying 。
    • There's a fly in the noodle broth.
  4. Mandarin
    苍蝇能在天花板上走。
    蒼蠅能在天花板上走。
    cāng ying néng zài tiān huā bǎn shàng zǒu 。
    • A fly can walk on the ceiling.
  5. Mandarin
    有一只大苍蝇在天花板上。
    有一隻大蒼蠅在天花板上。
    yǒu yī zhī dà cāng ying zài tiān huā bǎn shàng 。
    • There's a big fly on the ceiling.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
    那些牛甩動着尾巴驅趕蒼蠅。
    nà xiē niú shuǎi dòng zhe wěi ba qū gǎn cāng yíng ．
    • The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.
  2. Mandarin
    那些牛甩动著尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
    那些牛甩動著尾巴驅趕蒼蠅。
    nà xiē niú shuǎi dòng zhe wěi ba qū gǎn cāng ying ．
    • The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.
  3. Mandarin
    那些牛甩动著尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
    那些牛甩動著尾巴驅趕蒼蠅。
    nà xiē niú shuǎi dòng zhe wěi bā qū gǎn cāng yíng ．
    • The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.