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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *须* | 须* | *须
beard / mustache / feeler (of an insect etc) / tassel
HSK 7-9
insect / bug / worm / CL: 條|条, 隻|只
HSK 4
injurious insect / pest
HSK 7-9
insect egg
(of a plant) entomophilous; pollinated by insects / (of a disease) arthropod-borne; transmitted by insects
(of a bird, insect etc) to hatch / (slang) (fig.) to be born / to crack open (an egg, a nut etc)
insect / CL: 隻|只, ,
HSK 7-9
(dialect) cricket (insect) / (slang) to whisper gossip behind sb's back
to repel insects; to deworm
insect that damages cereal crop seedlings / (lit. and fig.) vermin / a person harmful to the country and the people
flying insect / winged insect
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *翅* | 翅* | *翅
(bound form) wing (of a bird or insect)
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  *芸* | 芸* | *芸
common rue (Ruta graveolens) / (used in old compounds relating to books because in former times rue was used to protect books from insect damage)
plant diseases and insect pests
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *虫* | 虫* | *虫
lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL: 條|条, 隻|只 / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic
sting / bite (of insect)
to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc) / to bring together / (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings)
DEET (insect repellent) (loanword)
Jingzhe or Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-20th March
ignorant / doubt stemming from ignorance / (a summer insect has no word for ice, Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye) / one eye (i.e. one's left or right eye)
to sterilize; to disinfect / to kill; to exterminate (insects, pathogens etc)
Hymenoptera (insect order including ants and bees)
(onom.) chirping of insects, sighing noise etc
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *脉* | 脉* | *脉
arteries and veins / vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)
boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest
imago (adult, sexually mature insect, the final stage of its development)
front wing (of insect)
(of an insect) to drink (nectar, sap, blood etc) / (of a person) to take (a narcotic drug) / to drink through a straw
to soak seeds (in water to hasten germination, or in a chemical solution to prevent damage from insects etc)
copious smoke produced by smoldering firewood / half alight / to use the smoke of burning wormwood etc to repel insects
plant diseases and insect pests
insects
haltere (insect anatomy)
insect or insect-like small creature (literary) / base person (used as a curse word)
Homoptera (insect suborder including cicadas, aphids, plant-hoppers, shield bugs etc)
poisonous insect (or spider etc); venomous snake / (slang) junkie
beneficial insect
beneficial bird (esp. one that preys on insect pests or mice)
(of paint etc) to peel off; to flake off / (of an insect or snake etc) to molt / (of skin) to peel off due to hard labor, blistering or sunburn etc / (fig.) to go through a grueling experience
insects of the order Coleoptera (i.e. beetles)
Orthoptera (insect order including grasshoppers, crickets and locusts)
Coleoptera (insect order including beetles)
DEET, an insect repellent
song of cicadas / chirping of insects
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蛀* | 蛀* | *蛀
termite / to bore (of insects)
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  *蠡* | 蠡* | *蠡
wood-boring insect
Gryllolaptaptidae family of burrowing insects of order Orthoptera / mole crickets
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  *鸣* | 鸣* | *鸣
to cry (of birds, animals and insects) / to make a sound / to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
green rice caterpillar or similar insect larva / adopted son (Etymology: Wasps of a particular species take caterpillars to their nest as food for their offspring, but it was mistakenly believed that the wasps were raising the caterpillars as their own young.)
crawling or creeping (of insects)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蝮* | 蝮* | *蝮
insect / poisonous snake (archaic)
mythological insect that makes people doze off / (fig.) drowsiness / (coll.) person who loves sleeping / sleepaholic
(of insects) to undergo metamorphosis / (fig.) to be transformed / to metamorphose / to become degraded
levitation (of Daoist immortal) / to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven / (in Daoism) to become immortal / to die / of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form / eclosion
to swat an insect / to get rid of intestinal parasite with drugs
Hemiptera (suborder of order Homoptera, insects including cicadas and aphids)
Malpighian tubule system (in the insect digestive tract etc)
protective coloration (esp. of insects) / camouflage
seasonal insect (e.g. cicada)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *啭* | 啭* | *啭
to sing (of birds or insects) / to warble / to chirp / to twitter
a white paint applied to tree trunks to protect the trees from insect damage etc
insect-catching leaf
insect pest / damage from insects
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蚃* | 蚃* | *蚃
(literary) insect larva / Taiwan pr. [xiang4]
boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *吟* | 吟* | *吟
to chant; to recite / verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems) / (literary) to lament; to groan / (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects / (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴) (cf. , wide vibrato)
hum / drone / buzz (of insects)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蚽* | 蚽* | *蚽
a kind of insect (old)
insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc / fig. vermin
Cicadidae, homopterous insect family including cicada
to emit a sound / (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc / (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound
dormant insect
bird writing, a calligraphic style based on seal script 篆書|篆书, but with characters decorated as birds and insects
back wing (of insect)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *虿* | 虿* | *虿
(scorpion) / an insect
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蛊* | 蛊* | *蛊
arch. legendary venomous insect / to poison / to bewitch / to drive to insanity / to harm by witchcraft / intestinal parasite
Diptera (insect order including flies)
insect of the Gampsocleis genus (grasshoppers and crickets) / Gampsocleis sinensis
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蠹* | 蠹* | *蠹
insect that eats into books, clothing etc / moth-eaten / worm-eaten
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *噪* | 噪* | *噪
(literary) (of birds or insects) to chirp / (bound form) to make a cacophonous noise
Lepidoptera (insect order including butterflies 蝶類|蝶类 and moths 蛾類|蛾类)
insect damage / destruction of crops by pest insects
scaly wing / Lepidoptera (insect order including butterflies 蝶類|蝶类 and moths 蛾類|蛾类)
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  *蚛* | 蚛* | *蚛
(literary) (of a worm or insect) to nibble / to bite / worm-eaten
cricket (insect)
cricket (insect)
mole cricket / Gryllolaptaptidae, family of burrowing insects of order Orthoptera (a serious agricultural pest)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *翃* | 翃* | *翃
to swarm (of insects)
cochineal insect
a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *螟* | 螟* | *螟
boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest
Waking from Hibernation / old variant of 驚蟄|惊蛰, Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-20th March
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蟜* | 蟜* | *蟜
(insect)
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  *蟿* | 蟿* | *蟿
(insect) / Tryxalis masuta


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