HSK 5 · Nature

蜜蜂 mìfēng “bee” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 蜜蜂 means

  1. bee
  2. honeybee

Measure word 只 zhī or 群 qún · 一只蜜蜂 yì zhī mìfēng

How to say 蜜蜂

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale蜜mì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale蜂fēng1st tone, high and level

蜜蜂 in a sentence

  1. 我被蜜蜂蜇了一下。

    Wǒ bèi mìfēng zhē le yíxià.

    I got stung by a bee.

    Sentence #334139 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 蜜蜂以花蜜为食。

    Mìfēng yǐ huāmì wéi shí.

    Bees feed on nectar.

    Sentence #8689165 from Tatoeba

  3. 蜜蜂在花丛中飞行。

    Mìfēng zài huācóng zhōng fēixíng.

    Bees are flying among the flowers.

    Sentence #1394863 from Tatoeba

How 蜜蜂 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 蜜 (mì) with each of its parts in a different colour
蜜mìhoney
  • 宓quiet · mìSound part
  • 虫insect · chóngMeaning part

虫 hints at the meaning (insect); 宓 (mì) hints at the sound. Compare it with mì.

The character 蜂 (fēng) with each of its parts in a different colour
蜂fēngbee
  • 虫insect · chóngMeaning part
  • 夆to resist · féngSound part

虫 hints at the meaning (insect); 夆 (féng) hints at the sound. Compare it with fēng.

How to write 蜜蜂

蜜 14 strokes · 蜂 13 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

蜜蜂 (mìfēng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 蜜蜂 (mìfēng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

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FAQs

蜜蜂 (mìfēng) means “bee” or “honeybee”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it mìfēng: mì with a 4th tone, then fēng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 蜜蜂 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 只 (zhī) or 群 (qún). For example, one bee is 一只蜜蜂 (yì zhī mìfēng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mifeng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 蜜蜂 from the suggestions. Typing mifeng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
蜜蜂 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.