虫
子

Insect in Chinese: 虫子 (chóng zi)

chóng zi

insect

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 蟲子1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1insect
  2. 2bug
  3. 3worm

Stroke order

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虫
子

Zhuyin

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ㄔㄨㄥˊ

chóng

ㄔ/ chㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

˙ㄗ

zi

˙/ neutral toneㄗ/ z

Simplified & traditional

虫子

Simplified

蟲子

Traditional

Example sentences

See 虫子 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 这个苹果里有一条虫子。

    zhè ge píng guǒ lǐ yǒu yì tiáo chóng zi。

    There's a worm in this apple.

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Related words

子

zǐ

son

杯子

bēi zi

cup

儿子

ér zi

son

椅子

yǐ zi

chair

桌子

zhuō zi

table

孩子

hái zi

child

妻子

qī zǐ

wife and children

鼻子

bí zi

nose

电子

diàn zǐ

electronic

句子

jù zi

sentence

裤子

kù zi

variant of 裤子, trousers

筷子

kuài zi

chopsticks

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