翅 (chì): (bound form) wing (of a bird or insect)
翅 (chì) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) wing (of a bird or insect).” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 支 (phonetic) and 羽 (semantic). It ranks #2033 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 翅 wings. Its radical form 羽 (feather) appears in many related characters such as 翻 (fān, to turn over), 羽 (yǔ, feather), 耀 (yào, brilliant).
Definitions
- (bound form) wing (of a bird or insect)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 翅
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 展翅 | zhǎn chì | to spread wings |
| 鱼翅 | yú chì | shark fin |
| 插翅难飞 | chā chì nán fēi | lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom) |
| 金翅雀 | jīn chì què | (bird species of China) grey-capped greenfinch (Chloris sinica) |
| 直翅目 | zhí chì mù | Orthoptera (insect order including grasshoppers, crickets and locusts) |
| 鞘翅目 | qiào chì mù | Coleoptera (insect order including beetles) |
| 展翅高飞 | zhǎn chì gāo fēi | to spread one's wings and soar (idiom) |
| 同翅目 | tóng chì mù | Homoptera (insect suborder including cicadas, aphids, plant-hoppers, shield bugs etc) |
| 白翅百灵 | bái chì bǎi líng | (bird species of China) white-winged lark (Melanocorypha leucoptera) |
| 半翅目 | bàn chì mù | Hemiptera (suborder of order Homoptera, insects including cicadas and aphids) |
| 双翅目 | shuāng chì mù | Diptera (insect order including flies) |
| 高山短翅莺 | gāo shān duǎn chì yīng | (bird species of China) russet bush warbler (Locustella mandelli) |
| 中华短翅莺 | zhōng huá duǎn chì yīng | (bird species of China) Chinese bush warbler (Locustella tacsanowskia) |
| 高山金翅雀 | gāo shān jīn chì què | (bird species of China) yellow-breasted greenfinch (Chloris spinoides) |
| 翅子 | chì zi | shark's fin |
翅 appears in 100 compound words: 5 as the first character, 10 as the last, and 85 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 翅 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Showing 2 of 3 idioms containing 翅.
Example Sentences
写好翅字需要掌握正确的笔画顺序。
xiě hǎo chì zì xū yāo zhǎng wò zhēng què de bǐ huà shùn xù .
To write the character "翅" correctly, you need to master the proper stroke order.
...获利年增2成再创高 今年企金个金大展“双翅”聚焦4大方向
. . . huò lì nián zēng 2 chéng zài chuàng gāo jīn nián qǐ jīn gè jīn dà zhǎn shuāng chì jù jiāo 4 dà fāng xiàng
...Profits Rise 20% Year-Over-Year to a New High; Corporate and Retail Banking to "Spread Their Wings" This Year, Focusing on Four Key Areas
神农开物:“太空蝴蝶”破蛹展翅,我国太空生物试验取得新进展
shén nóng kāi wù : tài kōng hú dié pò 蛹 zhǎn chì , wǒ guó tài kōng shēng wù shì yàn qǔ dé xīn jìn zhǎn
Shennong Kaiwu: "Space butterfly" broke the chrysalis and spread its wings, and new progress was made in China's space biological experiments
为冰雪产业插上创新翅膀_光明网
wéi bīng xuě chǎn yè chā shàng chuàng xīn chì bǎng guāng míng wǎng
Insert innovative wings for the ice and snow industry_Guangming.com
鹰的一只翅膀断了。
Yīng de yī zhī chìbǎng duàn le.
One of the hawk's wings is broken.
这只燕子的翅膀受伤了。
Zhè zhī yànzi de chìbǎng shòushāng le.
This swallow's wing is injured.
伊卡洛斯乘着自制的翅膀飞翔。
Yīkǎluòsī chéng zhe zìzhì de chìbǎng fēixiáng.
Icarus flew on crafted wings.
如果我有翅膀的话，真想马上飞到你的身边。
Rúguǒ wǒ yǒu chìbǎng dehuà, zhēn xiǎng mǎshàng fēi dào nǐ de shēnbiān.
If I had wings, I would want to fly to your side right away.
那只鸟凭借自己巨大的翅膀能飞得很快。
Nà zhī niǎo píngjiè zìjǐ jùdà de chìbǎng néng fēi de hěn kuài.
That bird can fly very fast thanks to its huge wings.
大多数的昆虫有六只脚和四只翅膀。
Dàduōshù de kūnchóng yǒu liù zhī jiǎo hé sì zhī chìbǎng.
Most insects have six legs and four wings.
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