The Chinese word for frog is
青蛙
qīng wā
Chinese Definition
| frog | |
| 1. 名词. 青蛙 | |
| Components | |
| 青 | |
| 1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 鮮 (chhiⁿ) | |
| 2. fresh | |
| 3. (of clothes) bright; pretty; neat | |
| 蛙 | |
| 1. frog | |
| 2. Only used in 蝭蛙 |
Translations for 蛙 and their definitions
| 青蛙 | |
| 1. n. frog | |
| 2. n. (slang) ugly man |
| 田雞 | |
| 1. n. frog (amphibian); (more specifically) the Chinese edible frog (, syn.) | |
| 2. n. (figurative, colloquial, humorous or pejorative) Short for 四眼田雞, bespectacled person, four-eyes |
| 田鸡 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 田雞 |
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qīng wā
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