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昆虫

kūn chóng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 昆蟲 Measure word 只、群、堆

昆虫 (kūn chóng) means "insect". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 昆虫 means

1. insect

The characters in 昆虫

• 昆kūnused in place names, notably Kunlun Mountains 昆仑; (also used for transliteration)
• 虫chónglower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures…

Example sentences

• 谁喜欢昆虫？
  Who likes insects?
• 蜣螂是昆虫。
  Dung beetles are insects.
• 虼螂是昆虫。
  Dung beetles are insects.
• 你吃过昆虫吗？
  Nǐ chī guo kūnchóng ma?
  Have you ever eaten insects?
• 金龟子是昆虫。
  Jīnguīzǐ shì kūnchóng.
  Scarabs are insects.
• 他对收集昆虫很有兴趣。
  Tā duì shōují kūnchóng hěn yǒuxìngqù.
  He has an interest in collecting insects.

Words starting with 昆虫

• 昆虫学kūn chóng xuéentomology

Where 昆虫 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · kuàng–kuò (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read kūn chóng correctly.
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