"Dragonfly" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 蜻蜓 | qīng tíng | dragonfly |  |
| 蚂 |  mā | dragonfly | |
| 螂 | láng | dragonfly / mantis | |
| 蚂螂 | mā láng | dragonfly | |
| 叮叮猫 | dīng dīng māo | (dialect) dragonfly | |
| 点水 | diǎn shuǐ | to skim / lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水) / skin-deep | |
| 蜻蜓点水 | qīng tíng diǎn shuǐ | lit. the dragonfly touches the water lightly / superficial contact (idiom) |  |
| 虰蛵 | dīng xíng | less common word for dragonfly 蜻蜓 | |
