虫
Ancient forms
1 formGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
chóng chong2
- lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures
- (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic
Example sentences
- We're thoroughly prepared for the millennium bug.
- How many worms did you find?
HSK words with 虫
More words with 虫
- 大虫 dàchóng tiger
- 长虫 chángchong (coll.) snake
- 打虫 dǎchóng to swat an insect
- 成虫 chéngchóng imago (adult, sexually mature insect, the final stage of its development)
- 眼虫 yǎnchóng Euglena (genus of single-celled plant)
- 线虫 xiànchóng nematode
- 病虫 bìngchóng plant diseases and insect pests
- 书虫 shūchóng bookworm
- 球虫 qiúchóng coccidia (biology)