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Home/Cantonese Words/butterfly

How to say “Butterfly” in Cantonese — 蝴蝶 (wu4 dip6/2)

The Cantonese for “butterfly” is 蝴蝶 (wu4 dip6/2).

wuˎ₄蝴dip6/2蝶
nounbutterfly
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Other ways to say “butterfly”

蝶dip6
butterfly
蝴wu4
butterfly

Example sentences with 蝴蝶

caanˎ₄蠶cungˎ₄蟲bin˗₃變wuˎ₄蝴dipˍ₆蝶
A silkworm turns into a butterfly.
keoiˏ₅佢jauˏ₅有baaˊ²把wuˎ₄蝴dipˍ₆蝶dou1.刀。
He has a butterfly knife.
siuˊ²小samˉ¹心wuˎ₄蝴dipˍ₆蝶dou1!刀!
Careful with the butterfly knife!
baaˊ²把wuˎ₄蝴dipˍ₆蝶douˉ¹刀houˊ²好lei6.利。
The butterfly knife is very sharp.

How to pronounce it

The romanisation in brackets (wu4 dip6/2) is Jyutping, the standard system for Cantonese sounds. New to it? Read our beginner’s guide to Jyutping → or learn about Cantonese tones.

Related words

蝴蝶粉wu4 dip6 fan2
farfalle (bowtie shaped pasta)
蝴蝶刀wu4 dip6 dou1
balisong; butterfly knife; fan knife
蝴蝶蘭wu4 dip6 laan4
butterfly orchid; iris; moth orchid
蝴蝶嫂wu4 dip6 sao2
wife of a butterfly vendor; slang for a woman who sells butterflies
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