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Jyutping cung4 zi2
Pinyin chóng zi

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. insect
  2. bug
  3. worm
  4. CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1]
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    insect; worm; bug
    (syn.) 蟲蟲兒, 牛牛子, 蟲, 蟲兒, 牛子, 蟲豸, 蟲咬咬 childish, 蟲子, 牛牛, 蟲蟲, 圪蟲兒, 蟲蟻子, 蟲蟲牛牛, 圪蟲, 蟲蟻, 蟲蟻兒
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 四级词汇表 #103
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    母鸟叼来虫子喂幼鸟。
    母鳥叼來蟲子餵幼鳥。
    mǔ niǎo diāo lái chóng zi wèi yòu niǎo 。
    • The mother bird brought worms for her young ones.
  2. Mandarin
    出去钓鱼前,他挖出一些虫子当饵。
    出去釣魚前,他挖出一些蟲子當餌。
    chū qù diào yú qián , tā wā chū yī xiē chóng zi dāng ěr 。
    • Before he went fishing, he dug up some worms for bait.
  3. Mandarin
    你找到几只虫子?
    你找到幾隻蟲子?
    nǐ zhǎo dào jǐ zhī chóng zi ?
    • How many worms did you find?
  4. Mandarin
    你怕虫子吗?
    你怕蟲子嗎?
    nǐ pà chóng zi ma ?
    • Are you afraid of insects?
    • Are you afraid of bugs?
  5. Mandarin
    我家的猫不怕人,不怕虫子,就怕小鸡。
    我家的貓不怕人,不怕蟲子,就怕小雞。
    wǒ jiā de māo bù pà rén , bù pà chóng zi , jiù pà xiǎo jī 。
    • My family's cat is not afraid of people or insects, but is afraid of chicks.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    小雏鸡围在母鸡的周围捉虫子。
    小雛雞圍在母雞的周圍捉蟲子。
    xiǎo chú jī wéi zài mǔ jī de zhōu wéi zhuō chóng zi .
    • The baby chicks are catching insects around the hen.