ちょう
Meanings
Noun
1. butterfly
Pitch accent
ちょ
う
Used in vocabulary (36 in total)
hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
papilionaceous; butterfly-shaped
bringing up (one's daughter) like a princess
Lepidoptera (order comprising the butterflies and moths)
butterfly
swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
hostess (at a bar, cabaret, etc.)
hostess (at a bar, cabaret, etc.)
papilionaceous; butterfly-shaped
bow; bowknot
sphenoid bone (of the skull)
float like a butterfly, sting like a bee
any butterfly of family Pieridae (incl. the white butterflies and the sulfur butterflies)
large grass yellow (species of butterfly, Eurema hecabe); common grass yellow; yellow butterfly
gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae spp.)
swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
raccoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula); moon butterflyfish
satyrid (any butterfly of subfamily Satyrinae, esp. the dryad, Minois dryas); grayling
peacock butterfly (Inachis io); European peacock
flight path of a butterfly
skipper butterfly
alpine butterfly
red admiral (butterfly)
Ponerorchis graminifolia (Orchis graminifolia)
eastern pale clouded yellow (butterfly, Colias erate)
sunset morpho (butterfly, Morpho hecuba)
spider flower (Cleome hassleriana)
cat's whiskers (Cleome gynandra)
butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea); Asian pigeonwings
wing nut; butterfly screw
common map (Cyrestis thyodamas); map-wing butterfly
Choya Corporation
small butterfly
Examples (13 in total)
The life span of a butterfly is short.
The lifetime of a butterfly is three days.
Is it a butterfly or a moth?