| 蝉 | [ chán ] cicada |
| 蝉科 | [ chán kē ] Cicadidae, homopterous insect family including cicada |
| 蝉翼 | [ chán yì ] cicada's wing, fig. diaphanous, delicate texture |
| 蝉联 | [ chán lián ] to continue in a post, (to hold a post) several times in succession, (to win a title) in successive years, to stay at number one, to defend a championship |
| 蝉蜕 | [ chán tuì ] cicada slough, fig. to free oneself, to extricate oneself from |
| 蝉衣 | [ chán yī ] cicada slough (used in TCM) |
| 蝉鸣 | [ chán míng ] song of cicadas, chirping of insects |
| ⇒ 噤若寒蝉 | [ jìn ruò hán chán ] to keep quiet out of fear (idiom) |
| ⇒ 寒蝉 | [ hán chán ] cicada in winter, fig. mournful sound |
| ⇒ 螳螂捕蝉 | [ táng láng bǔ chán ] the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger |
| ⇒ 螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后 | [ táng láng bǔ chán huáng què zaì hoù ] the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger |
| ⇒ 貂蝉 | [ chán ] Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓[Dong3 Zhuo2] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布[Lu:3 Bu4] |
| ⇒ 金蝉 | [ jīn chán ] Golden Cicada |
| ⇒ 金蝉脱壳 | [ jīn chán tuō ] lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell, a crafty escape plan |
| ⇒ 静若寒蝉 | [ jìng ruò hán chán ] as quiet as a cicada in winter (idiom) |