Meaning of 昆虫
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
kūnchóng
- insect
Measure word: 隻|只,群,堆
昆虫 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
金龟子是昆虫。
Scarabs are insects.
你吃过昆虫吗？
Have you ever eaten insects?
谁喜欢昆虫？
Who likes insects?
凯教授已研究昆虫四十年。
Professor Kai has been studying insects for forty years.
这种昆虫在英语中叫什么？
What do you call this insect in English?
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
昆 kūn · elder brother · 8 strokes
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虫 chóng · insect · 6 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 昆虫.
| 虫子 | chóngzi | insect; bug |
| 害虫 | hàichóng | injurious insect; pest |
| 寄生虫 | jìshēngchóng | parasite (biology); (fig.) freeloader |
| 萤火虫 | yínghuǒchóng | firefly; glowworm |
| 可怜虫 | kěliánchóng | pitiful creature; wretch |
| 甲虫 | jiǎchóng | beetle |
| 蠕虫 | rúchóng | worm |
| 杀虫剂 | shāchóngjì | insecticide; pesticide |
| 臭虫 | chòuchóng | bedbug (Cimex lectularius); tick |
| 幼虫 | yòuchóng | (entomology) larva |
| 毒虫 | dúchóng | poisonous insect (or spider etc); venomous snake; (slang) junkie |
| 蛀虫 | zhùchóng | insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc; fig. vermin |
Questions about 昆虫
What does 昆虫 mean?
昆虫 (kūnchóng) means "insect" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 昆虫?
昆虫 is made of 2 characters: 昆 (8 strokes), 虫 (6 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.
Is 昆虫 an HSK word?
Yes. 昆虫 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 昆虫 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 昆虫 is written 昆蟲.