昆 虫

kūnchóng

“Insect” in Chinese is 昆虫 (kūnchóng).

Meaning

insect

Example

谁喜欢昆虫？

Who likes insects?

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

kūnHSK 7-98 strokes(also used for transliteration)chóngHSK 46 strokeslower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures

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