Spring time!

If you have noticed some honey bees in the wild that probably means it’s springtime! We all know honey bees are good insects because they produce honey, which is tasty and healthy. So today’s article we are going to have a look at the word ‘honey bee’ and ‘honey’ in Chinese.

‘蜜蜂’(mì fēng) means ‘honey bee’, the character ‘蜜’ (mì) means ‘honey’ and the character ‘蜂’(fēng) means ‘bee’ or ‘bees’. However in colloquial Chinese the word ‘蜂蜜’ (fēng mì) is frequently used to describe ‘honey’ instead, and ‘蜜月’(mì yuè) means ‘honey moon’. ‘甜蜜’ (tián mì) means ‘sweet’ or ‘cheesy’ it depends on the phrase.