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insect / bug / worm / CL: 條|条, 隻|只
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *须* | 须* | *须
beard / mustache / feeler (of an insect etc) / tassel
HSK 7-9
insect / CL: 隻|只, ,
HSK 7-9
injurious insect / pest
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鸣* | 鸣* | *鸣
to cry (of birds, animals and insects) / to make a sound / to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
exoskeleton (the carapace of insects, crabs etc)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *脉* | 脉* | *脉
arteries and veins / vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *噪* | 噪* | *噪
(literary) (of birds or insects) to chirp / (bound form) to make a cacophonous noise
(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
cricket (insect)
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
(of an insect) to drink (nectar, sap, blood etc) / (of a person) to take (a narcotic drug) / to drink through a straw
(onom.) chirping of insects, sighing noise etc
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蠡* | 蠡* | *蠡
wood-boring insect
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蛊* | 蛊* | *蛊
arch. legendary venomous insect / to poison / to bewitch / to drive to insanity / to harm by witchcraft / intestinal parasite
insect pest / damage from insects
to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc) / to bring together / (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *翅* | 翅* | *翅
(bound form) wing (of a bird or insect)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蠹* | 蠹* | *蠹
insect that eats into books, clothing etc / moth-eaten / worm-eaten
poisonous insect (or spider etc); venomous snake / (slang) junkie
ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye) / one eye (i.e. one's left or right eye)
song of cicadas / chirping of insects
sting / bite (of insect)
Jingzhe or Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-20th March
flying insect / winged insect
insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc / fig. vermin
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *螟* | 螟* | *螟
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)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蟿* | 蟿* | *蟿
(insect) / Tryxalis masuta
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *翃* | 翃* | *翃
to swarm (of insects)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蛀* | 蛀* | *蛀
termite / to bore (of insects)
cricket (insect)
plant diseases and insect pests
insect damage / destruction of crops by pest insects
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *啭* | 啭* | *啭
to sing (of birds or insects) / to warble / to chirp / to twitter
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *虿* | 虿* | *虿
(scorpion) / an insect
mouthparts (of animal or insect)
to soak seeds (in water to hasten germination, or in a chemical solution to prevent damage from insects etc)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蝮* | 蝮* | *蝮
insect / poisonous snake (archaic)
(of insects) to undergo metamorphosis / (fig.) to be transformed / to metamorphose / to become degraded
beneficial bird (esp. one that preys on insect pests or mice)
dormant insect
beneficial insect
mole cricket / Gryllolaptaptidae, family of burrowing insects of order Orthoptera (a serious agricultural pest)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蚃* | 蚃* | *蚃
(literary) insect larva / Taiwan pr. [xiang4]
insect that damages cereal crop seedlings / (lit. and fig.) vermin / a person harmful to the country and the people
boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest
boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest
insect or insect-like small creature (literary) / base person (used as a curse word)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蟜* | 蟜* | *蟜
(insect)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蚛* | 蚛* | *蚛
(literary) (of a worm or insect) to nibble / to bite / worm-eaten
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蚽* | 蚽* | *蚽
a kind of insect (old)
crawling or creeping (of insects)
naiad / larva / developmental stage of insect
Hemiptera (suborder of order Homoptera, insects including cicadas and aphids)
Lepidoptera (insect order including butterflies 蝶類|蝶类 and moths 蛾類|蛾类)
protective coloration (esp. of insects) / camouflage
Diptera (insect order including flies)
scaly wing / Lepidoptera (insect order including butterflies 蝶類|蝶类 and moths 蛾類|蛾类)
bird writing, a calligraphic style based on seal script 篆書|篆书, but with characters decorated as birds and insects
plant diseases and insect pests
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
insect of the Gampsocleis genus (grasshoppers and crickets) / Gampsocleis sinensis
front wing (of insect)
Hymenoptera (insect order including ants and bees)
Orthoptera (insect order including grasshoppers, crickets and locusts)
hum / drone / buzz (of insects)
Cicadidae, homopterous insect family including cicada
DEET, an insect repellent
mythological insect that makes people doze off / (fig.) drowsiness / (coll.) person who loves sleeping / sleepaholic
back wing (of insect)
to sterilize; to disinfect / to kill; to exterminate (insects, pathogens etc)
seasonal insect (e.g. cicada)
a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom)
Coleoptera (insect order including beetles)
Homoptera (insect suborder including cicadas, aphids, plant-hoppers, shield bugs etc)
a white paint applied to tree trunks to protect the trees from insect damage etc
haltere (insect anatomy)
DEET (insect repellent) (loanword)
to swat an insect / to get rid of intestinal parasite with drugs
insect-catching leaf
copious smoke produced by smoldering firewood / half alight / to use the smoke of burning wormwood etc to repel insects
insects of the order Coleoptera (i.e. beetles)
ignorant / doubt stemming from ignorance / (a summer insect has no word for ice, Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
cochineal insect
(dialect) cricket (insect)
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.)
Gryllolaptaptidae family of burrowing insects of order Orthoptera / mole crickets
insects
Malpighian tubule system (in the insect digestive tract etc)
to repel insects; to deworm
to emit a sound / (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc / (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound


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