WordTaiwan frequency #27,270
象鼻蟲
ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄅㄧˊ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
“weevil; a beetle with a long snout-like mouthpart, whose adults and larvae feed on plants and damage crops such as bananas, fruit trees, and grains”
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象
ㄒㄧㄤˋ
An elephant; shape; form; appearance; to imitate; a law or regulation; a dance posture.
鼻
ㄅㄧˊ
The nose, the organ of smell; a projecting part of an object; a small hole; a point of land jutting into the sea; a Kangxi radical.
蟲
ㄔㄨㄥˊ
Insects, worms, or other crawling creatures; can refer to animals generally in ancient usage; also used figuratively for a contemptible person or as a surname.
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- 現象ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋphenomenon; observable event or fact; appearance; in philosophy, the perceived appearance of things as opposed to their true nature
- 印象ㄧㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋan impression; a mental image or feeling left by an experience; a memory of something perceived
- 對象ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋtarget; object of action or attention; boyfriend or girlfriend; romantic partner
- 形象ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄤˋimage; form; figure; visual appearance; the style or impression conveyed by a person's character or behavior; in aesthetics, the idealized form derived from but not limited to the physical entity
- 象徵ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄓㄥa symbol; an emblem; to symbolize; to signify; to represent; to use a concrete image or object to express an abstract idea or feeling
- 鼻子nose; the organ for breathing and smelling; (Taiwan, colloquial) the firstborn child.
- 景象ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋscene; sight; what one sees before them; a view or spectacle; (by extension) state of affairs; overall situation; conditions.
- 昆蟲ㄎㄨㄣ ㄔㄨㄥˊinsect; a general term for bugs and insects.
- 意象ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋimage; imagery; a mental image or concept formed by combining subjective perception with objective phenomena in literary or artistic expression.
- 抽象ㄔㄡ ㄒㄧㄤˋabstract; not concrete; generalizing from specific cases; in philosophy, the mental process of isolating common features across different things.
- 跡象ㄐㄧ ㄒㄧㄤˋsign; indication; mark; indicator; something that suggests a fact or trend; clue or phenomenon that can be traced or investigated
- 氣象ㄑㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋweather; meteorological conditions such as wind, rain, thunder, and lightning; atmosphere or ambience; a person's demeanor or bearing; the style or tone of writing