蝴蝶

Meaning of 蝴蝶

蝴蝶 (húdié) is the butterfly. Zhuangzi dreamed he was a butterfly — and awoke wondering which was real.

To say Butterfly in Chinese, pronounce 蝴蝶 as Hú dié. The marks over the letters show the tones — the pitch contour that distinguishes Mandarin syllables.