chóng chong zhòng tóng

insect; worm; bug

Character data

Radical ⾍ (142.12)
Strokes 18
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

蟲 chóng
  1. 1. lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures
  2. 2. person with a particular undesirable characteristic
  3. 3. CL tiáo,zhī

Words containing 蟲

Word Meaning
fig. overwhelmed by lust
blunderer; bungler
pink bollworm; Pectinophora gassypiella
tapeworm
Cestoda (an order of flatworms)
Trichoplax adhaerens (biology)
Internet addict
nematode
liver fluke
blunderer; bungler; also written hú tu chóng
cochineal insect
stink bug
bedbug (Cimex lectularius); tick
28-spotted ladybird; hadda beetle
mosquito
Protura (soil dwelling primitive hexapod)
aphid; greenfly (Aphis spp.)
grasshopper
insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc; fig. vermin
maggot
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides), a human parasite
ascariasis
locust
boring insect
firefly; lightning bug; glowworm