蟻 [蚁]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. ant
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. (slang) trouble
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    螞蟻​簡稱​（​量​詞​：​隻​／​群​）
    ant
    • 蟻竇
      蚁窦
      ngai5 dau3
      ant colony
    • 有隻蟻躝咗上枱。
      有只蚁𨅬咗上台。
      jau5 zek3 ngai5 laan1 zo2 soeng5 toi2.
      An ant crawled up to the table.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    ant
  2. character
    humble, inconsiderable
  3. character
    a surname
  4. character
    foam or sediment in wine
  5. character
    black
  6. character
    in an assembled manner
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. ants
  2. Cangjie Input - Simplified
    LIIK
  3. Cangjie Input - Traditional
    LITGI
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 螞蟻 – 蚂蚁
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    在那滩冰淇淋的周围，有一群蚂蚁在爬来爬去。
    在那灘冰淇淋的周圍，有一群螞蟻在爬來爬去。
    zài nà tān bīng qí lín de zhōu wéi ， yǒu yī qún mǎ yǐ zài pá lái pá qù 。
    • The area around the melting ice cream was crawling with ants.
  2. Mandarin
    阿里似乎对蚁类研究很感兴趣。
    阿里似乎對蟻類研究很感興趣。
    ā lǐ sì hū duì yǐ lèi yán jiū hěn gǎn xìng qù 。
    • It seems that Ali is very interested in Myrmecology.
  3. Mandarin
    有一排蚂蚁在厨房里进进出出。
    有一排螞蟻在廚房裏進進出出。
    yǒu yī pái mǎ yǐ zài chú fáng lǐ jìn jìn chū chū 。
    • There's a row of ants coming in and out of the kitchen.
  4. Mandarin
    蚂蚁和长颈鹿是远亲。
    螞蟻和長頸鹿是遠親。
    mǎ yǐ hé cháng jǐng lù shì yuǎn qīn 。
    • Ants and giraffes are distant cousins.
    • Ants and giraffes are distant relatives.
    • Giraffes and ants are distant cousins.
  5. Mandarin
    那个孤僻的人以观察蚂蚁取乐。
    那個孤僻的人以觀察螞蟻取樂。
    nà ge gū pì de rén yǐ guān chá mǎ yǐ qǔ lè 。
    • The lonely man derives pleasure from observing ants.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    蚁窦
    蟻竇
    ngai5 dau3
    • ant colony
    • anthill
  2. Cantonese
    只蚁𨅬咗上你只手度。
    隻蟻躝咗上你隻手度。
    zek3 ngai5 laan1 zo2 soeng5 nei5 zek3 sau2 dou6.
    • An ant has crawled on your hand.
  3. Cantonese
    蚁𨅬噉
    蟻躝噉
    ngai5 laan1 gam2
    • slow as ants
  4. Cantonese
    蚁𨅬咁慢
    蟻躝咁慢
    ngai5 laan1 gam3 maan6
    • slow as ants
  5. Cantonese
    新嘅红火蚁蚁丘相继被发现。
    新嘅紅火蟻蟻丘相繼被發現。
    san1 ge3 hung4 fo2 ngai5 ngai5 jau1 soeng1 gai3 bei6 faat3 jin6.
    • New red fire ant colonies were discovered one after another.
Examples (None)
  1. Cantonese
    家阵踩死蚁呀？行快啲啦！
    家陣踩死蟻呀？行快啲啦！
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    蚁人见到美队，激动得说都不会话了
    蟻人見到美隊，激動得説都不會話了
    yǐ rén jiàn dào měi duì ， jī dòng de shuō dōu bù huì huà le
    • Ant Man met Captain America and started gabbling out of excitement.