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虱子 meaning in English

shīzi

louse (Pediculus humanus)

Traditional 蝨子11 strokes

Meaning of 虱子

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shīzi
  1. louse (Pediculus humanus)

虱子 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

“虱shī子zi”的de复fù数shù形xíng式shì是shì“虱shī子zi们men”
The plural form of "louse" is "lice".
生shēng命mìng是shì一yī袭xí华huá美měi的de袍páo子zi，爬pá满mǎn了le虱shī子zi。
Life is a magnificent gown full of lice.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

虱 shī · bug · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

子 zi · noun suffix · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

Related words

Words that share a character with 虱子.

孩子háizichild
儿子érzison
房子fángzihouse; building (single- or two-story)
桌子zhuōzitable; desk
杯子bēizicup; glass
包子bāozibaozi; bao (steamed stuffed bun)
本子běnzibook; notebook
样子yàngziappearance; manner
日子rìziday; a (calendar) date
椅子yǐzichair
瓶子píngzibottle
例子lìzicase; (for) instance

Questions about 虱子

What does 虱子 mean?

虱子 (shīzi) means "louse (Pediculus humanus)".

How do you write 虱子?

虱子 is made of 2 characters: 虱 (8 strokes), 子 (3 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.

How is 虱子 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 虱子 is written 蝨子.