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昆虫

昆虫 kūnchóng

昆虫 kūnchóng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 昆虫 kūnchóng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kūnchóng | kun1 chong2
English translation
insect
CL: zhī
> zhǐ [zhī], qún [qún], duī [duī]

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About 昆虫 kūnchóng

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Traditional form

昆蟲

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 昆虫 kūnchóng

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kūn

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Origin unclear.

Positional decomposition

日比

Number of Strokes

8
chóng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Pictograph of a worm.

Phonetic compound

Zhōng

Positional decomposition

Zhōng

Number of Strokes

6

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Example sentences using 昆虫 kūnchóng

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yòng 杯子 bēizi 扣住 kòu zhù le zhǐ 昆虫 kūnchóng .

She caught the insect by inverting her cup over it.

diǎo zài 飞行 fēi xíng Zhōng 捉住 zhuō zhù le zhǐ 昆虫 kūnchóng .

The bird caught a bug on the fly.

不时 bùshí yǒu zhǐ 昆虫 kūnchóng wēng 嗡嗡地打破 dǎ pò zhè zhèn 寂静 jìjìng .

It intervals the drone of an insect bored the air.

收集 shōu jí xiǎo 昆虫 kūnchóng shí 可以 kěyǐ 它们 tā men 装进广口瓶里

Small insects can be collected by shaking them into a jar.

diǎo zài 半空中 bàn kōng zhōng 捕捉 bǔzhuō le 昆虫 kūnchóng

The bird caught the insects in mid-air.

昆虫 kūnchóng Decomposition

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昆虫 kūnchóng Compounds

See all 569 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 昆虫 kūnchóng in their composition.

  • kūn
    • kūn
      • kūn
    • hún , gùn , hún , , kūn , gǔn , kūn , hùn , kūn , kūn , gǔn , kūn , kūn , kūn , kūn , , , , , , , , , gǔn , , , gǔn , kūn , hún , kūn , kūn
  • chóng
    • Qiáng
      • jiàng , qiǎng , jiàng , jiǎng , qiáng , qiāng , , , , , ,
    • suī
    • lǎng
      • lǎng , ,
    • róng
      • ,
    • hóng
    • shī
    • zǎo
      • sāo , sāo , sào , sāo , xiǔ , , , , sāo , , sāo ,
    • shǔ
      • zhuó , chù , zhú , , chuò , chù , zhú , juān , shú , , , , , zhuó , zhú , , , , zhuó
    • qiáng
      • qiǎng
    • chī
      • chī , chī , zhì
      • , ,
    • jiǎn
    • chóng
      • chài
    • dàn , , chǔn , chù , , shé , fēng , mán , zhū , , zhī , xiā , zhú , luó , , dié , biān , , , , yíng , xiè , , láng , shí , zhāng , , páng , , wén , , xiē , jiǎn , yíng , , zhì , , , , fēi , cán , , é , quán , qīng , tíng , , shuài , zhē ,
    • zhà , mǎng , , chán , zhù , táng , chú , tuì , chán , zhé , dǒu , zhuó , , yǐn , qiū , huáng , bàng , pán , , měng , mǎn , áo , , yóu , , wān , gōng , yán , huí , yuán , xiā , róng , háo , yǒng , , shèn , shì , , lóu , , Láng , nǎn , jiāo , , kuí , máo , háo , zhé , qiú , náo
    • , hān , , , qiāng , huò , guō , huáng , , , , , yòu , , , , ruì , měng , , , dīng , gān , huī , méng , , chài , , qiān , wén , , yuán , fén , rán , jiè , , xiǎn , yóu , chí , , rán , zhá , , xián , diāo , , rán , líng , yíng , chēng , móu
    • , yáng , liè , , kuò , , jié , wǎng , qióng , jiá , , xīng , shāo , , yuān , Dàn , , , tiáo , liǎng , guǒ , , , wǎng , , , tíng , mào , mián , , yǎn , wēi , yuán , qiú , máo , , dài , chūn , jiāng , wēng , sōu , hàn , qín , táng , , , nài , míng , téng , cāng
    • cáo , chī , piāo , zhōng , yǐn , zhè , xiāo , xiàng , péng , jiǎo , liáo , , jué , huì , jiāo , shàn , xún , dāng , shàn , , , shè , luǒ , lián , zhú , zhuó , , , miè , fán , , zhū , , shàng , , quán , , jié , mǐn , sāo , , , , , , , , , ,
    • , , , , , xiàng , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , jiá
    • tuì , , , , , , , , , , jié , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , bàng , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , shí , , , , , wèi , ,
    • , shī , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , yíng , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , lóu
    • , , , , , guō , , , mǎn , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , chán , náo , , , , , , , , , , , , yíng , , , xuān , , xiē , mǎng , , , róng ,
    • , , , , , , , , xiāo , , , , , , , , cán , , , mán , , , , , , mǐn
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