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虫子

chóng zi

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 蟲子 Measure word 条、只

虫子 (chóng zi) means "insect; bug; worm". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 虫子 means

1. insect
2. bug
3. worm

The characters in 虫子

• 虫chónglower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures…
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 你怕虫子吗？
  Nǐ pà chóngzi ma?
  Are you afraid of bugs?
• 你找到几只虫子？
  Nǐ zhǎodào jǐ zhī chóngzi?
  How many worms did you find?
• 知更鸟正在找虫子。
  Zhīgēngniǎo zhèngzài zhǎo chóngzi.
  The robin is looking for worms.
• 母鸟叼来虫子喂幼鸟。
  Mǔ niǎo diāo lái chóngzi wèi yòu niǎo.
  The mother bird brought worms for her young ones.
• 出去钓鱼前，他挖出一些虫子当饵。
  Chūqù diàoyú qián, tā wā chū yīxiē chóngzi dāng ěr.
  Before he went fishing, he dug up some worms for bait.
• 我家的猫不怕人，不怕虫子，就怕小鸡。
  Wǒ jiā de māo bù pà rén, bù pà chóngzi, jiù pà xiǎojī.
  My family's cat is not afraid of people or insects, but is afraid of chicks.

Words starting with 虫子

• 虫子牙chóng zi yásee 虫牙

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chóng zi correctly.
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