tick; (dialect) bedbug
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
2 senses · 5 examplesnoun
tick (arachnid)
technicalA small, parasitic arachnid that can attach to animals and humans, known to transmit diseases such as Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis.
Zài在
cǎo草
cóng丛
lǐ里
zǒu走
yào要
xiǎo小
xīn心
，
bié别
bèi被
bì壁
shī虱
yǎo咬
le了
。
Be careful walking in the grass, don't get bitten by a tick.
Zhè这
zhī只
gǒu狗
shēn身
shang上
yǒu有
hǎo好
duō多
bì壁
shī虱
。
This dog has a lot of ticks on it.
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Yī医
shēng生
jiàn建
yì议
jiǎn检
chá查
yī一
xià下
yǒu有
méi没
yǒu有
bì壁
shī虱
dīng叮
yǎo咬
de的
hén痕
jì迹
。
The doctor suggested checking for signs of tick bites.
noun
bedbug; (dialectal) bug
dialectThis meaning is specific to certain Chinese dialects. In standard Mandarin, '臭虫 (chòuchóng)' is the common term.
Wǒ我
men们
lǎo老
jiā家
bǎ把
chòu臭
chóng虫
jiào叫
zuò做
bì壁
shī虱
。
In my hometown, we call bedbugs 'bìshī'.
Zhè这
pò破
lǚ旅
guǎn馆
kěn肯
dìng定
yǒu有
bì壁
shī虱
，
yǎo咬
de得
wǒ我
yī一
wǎn晚
shang上
méi没
shuì睡
hǎo好
。
This crummy hotel definitely has bedbugs; they bit me so much I couldn't sleep all night.