Dictionary › 虫
虫
chóng
What 虫 means
- lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures
- (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic
Other readings
Example sentences
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你是只虫。You're a bug.
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你怕虫子吗？Nǐ pà chóngzi ma?Are you afraid of bugs?
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谁喜欢昆虫？Who likes insects?
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蜣螂是昆虫。Dung beetles are insects.
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虼螂是昆虫。Dung beetles are insects.
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是只萤火虫。It's a firefly.
Words starting with 虫
- 虫子chóng ziinsect; bug; worm
- 虫媒chóng méi(of a plant) entomophilous; pollinated by insects; (of a disease) arthropod-borne…
- 虫害chóng hàiinsect pest; damage from insects
- 虫洞chóng dòng(physics) wormhole
- 虫灾chóng zāiinsect damage; destruction of crops by pest insects
- 虫牙chóng yátooth decay; dental caries; decayed tooth; rotten tooth
- 虫胶chóng jiāoshellac
- 虫类chóng lèiinsects
- 虫媒病毒chóng méi bìng dúarbovirus
- 虫卵chóng luǎninsect egg
- 虫蜡chóng làwhite wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
- 虫白蜡chóng bái làwhite wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
- 虫蛀chóng zhùdamaged by moths or worms
- 虫豸chóng zhìinsect or insect-like small creature (literary); base person (used as a curse word)
- 虫儿chóng rsee 虫子
- 虫草chóng cǎosee 冬虫夏草
- 虫子牙chóng zi yásee 虫牙
Words containing 虫
- 昆虫kūn chónginsect
- 萤火虫yíng huǒ chóngfirefly; glowworm; lightning bug
- 臭虫chòu chóngbedbug (Cimex lectularius); tick
- 毛毛虫máo mao chóngcaterpillar
- 蝗虫huáng chónglocust
- 害虫hài chónginjurious insect; pest
- 寄生虫jì shēng chóngparasite (biology); (fig.) freeloader
- 蚊虫wén chóngmosquito
- 甲虫jiǎ chóngbeetle
- 蛀虫zhù chónginsect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc; fig. vermin
- 懒虫lǎn chóng(colloquial) lazybones
- 幼虫yòu chóng(entomology) larva
- 病虫害bìng chóng hàiplant diseases and insect pests
- 蛔虫huí chóngroundworm; ascarid; (esp.) Ascaris lumbricoides, a human parasite…
- 杀虫剂shā chóng jìinsecticide; pesticide
- 可怜虫kě lián chóngpitiful creature; wretch
- 候虫hòu chóngseasonal insect (e.g. cicada)
- 原虫yuán chóngprotozoan
- 吸虫xī chóngtrematoda; fluke; trematode worm, approx 6000 species, mostly parasite, incl. on humans
- 大虫dà chóngtiger
- 成虫chéng chóngimago (adult, sexually mature insect, the final stage of its development)
- 打虫dǎ chóngto swat an insect; to get rid of intestinal parasite with drugs
- 书虫shū chóngbookworm
- 杀虫shā chónginsecticide
Characters built on 中
These share the phonetic component 中 (zhōng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.
- 种zhǒngseed; species; kind
- 冲chōng(of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse
- 钟zhōnghandleless cup; goblet; (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc); variant of 钟
- 仲zhòngsecond month of a season; middle; intermediate
- 忠zhōngloyal; devoted; faithful
- 肿zhǒngto swell; swelling; swollen
- 衷zhōnginner feelings
- 忡chōnggrieved; distressed; sad
Characters that look like 虫
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 血xuèblood; colloquial pr. xiě
- 央yāngcenter; end; to beg
- 圭guījade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility…
- 夷yínon-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out
- 卤lǔto stew in soy sauce and spices
- 囱cōng(bound form) chimney
Sounds the same
Read chóng, tone for tone, but written differently.
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