qióng

蛩

Character · Noun

cricket; chirping insect (archaic)

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Meanings

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1.

noun

cricket (in ancient texts)

archaic

A literary and archaic term used in classical Chinese poetry and prose to refer to crickets, often evoking imagery of autumn, solitude, and melancholy. Commonly appears in compounds describing the sound of crickets.

Qiū秋
yè夜
qióng蛩
míng鸣
 ，
gèng更
lìng令
rén人
nán难
yǐ以
rù入
mián眠
 。

The chirping of crickets on autumn nights makes it even harder to fall asleep.

Chuāng窗
wài外
chuán传
lái来
zhèn阵
zhèn阵
hán寒
qióng蛩
shēng声
 。

Bursts of cricket sounds drifted in from outside the window.

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Gǔ古
shī诗
zhōng中
cháng常
yǐ以
qióng蛩
yín吟
chèn衬
tuō托
qī凄
liáng凉
de的
qì气
fēn氛
 。

In ancient poetry, cricket chirping was often used to set off a desolate atmosphere.