蚁 (yǐ): ant (in 蚂蚁)
蚁 (yǐ) is a Chinese character meaning “ant (in 蚂蚁).” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 虫 (semantic) and 义 (phonetic). It ranks #2958 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 蚁 insect. Its radical form 虫 (insect) appears in many related characters such as 虫 (chóng, insect), 蚂 (mǎ, ant (in 蚂蚁)), 蚊 (wén, mosquito).
Definitions
- ant (in 蚂蚁)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 蚁
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白蚁 | bái yǐ | termite |
| 工蚁 | gōng yǐ | worker ant |
| 蚁后 | yǐ hòu | queen ant |
| 食蚁兽 | shí yǐ shòu | ant-eater (several different species) |
| 蝼蚁 | lóu yǐ | lit. mole cricket and ants |
| 蚁穴 | yǐ xué | ant nest |
| 蚁窝 | yǐ wō | ant nest |
| 蚁巢 | yǐ cháo | ant nest |
| 千里之堤，毁于蚁穴 | qiān lǐ zhī dī , huǐ yú yǐ xué | see 千里之堤，潰於蟻穴|千里之堤，溃于蚁穴[qian1 li3 zhi1 di1 , kui4 yu2 yi3 xue2] |
| 红火蚁 | hóng huǒ yǐ | fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), an introduced species in China |
| 千里之堤，溃于蚁穴 | qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué | lit. an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom) |
| 热锅上的蚂蚁 | rè guō shang de mǎ yǐ | (like) a cat on a hot tin roof |
| 如蚁附膻 | rú yǐ fù shān | like ants pursuing a stink (idiom) |
| 蚁斗蜗争 | yǐ dòu wō zhēng | lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom) |
| 蚂蚁金服 | mǎ yǐ jīn fú | Ant Financial Services Group, an affiliate company of Alibaba 阿里巴巴[A1 li3 ba1 ba1] |
蚁 appears in 27 compound words: 37 as the first character, 30 as the last, and 33 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 蚁 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
蚁群的分工合作是自然界最令人惊叹的现象之一。
Yǐ qún de fēngōng hézuò shì zìránjiè zuì lìng rén jīngtàn de xiànxiàng zhī yī.
The division of labor in ant colonies is one of the most remarkable phenomena in nature.
...耀才证券金融(01428)再涨超8% 蚂蚁收购耀才获监管批准 公司近期进入港股通名...
. . . yào cái zhèng quàn jīn róng ( 0 1 4 2 8 ) zài zhǎng chāo 8 mǎ yǐ shōu gòu yào cái huò jiān guǎn pī zhǔn gōng sī jìn qī jìn rù gǎng gǔ tōng míng . . .
...Yao Cai Securities (01428) Rises Over 8% Again; Ant Group's Acquisition of Yao Cai Receives Regulatory Approval; Company Recently Added to the Stock Connect List...
27岁中国公民在肯尼亚出庭 被控走私活蚂蚁
2 7 suì zhōng guó gōng mín zài kěn ní yà chū tíng bèi kòng zǒu sī huó mǎ yǐ
A 27-year-old Chinese citizen appeared in court in Kenya on charges of smuggling live ants
蚂蚁集团董事长井贤栋及夫人向母校上海交大捐赠...
mǎ yǐ jí tuán dǒng shì cháng jǐng xián dòng jí fū rén xiàng mǔ jiào shàng hǎi jiāo dà juān zèng . . .
Jing Xiandong, Chairman of Ant Group, and his wife donated to their alma mater, Shanghai Jiao Tong University...
蚂蚁数科发力企业级AI 全新AoE框架加速具...
mǎ yǐ shǔ kē fā lì qǐ yè jí A I quán xīn A o E kuàng jià jiā sù jù . . .
Ant Digital is making efforts to accelerate the new AoE framework of enterprise-level AI...
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