虫 (蟲) chóng

1. chóng noun an invertebrate; a worm; an insect
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Zoology
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '蟲'; Guoyu '蟲' n 1; Kroll 2015 '蟲' 1, p. 54; Unihan '蟲')
2. chóng noun Kangxi radical 142
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: Worm (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
3. chóng noun an insect plague
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Zoology , Concept: Insect 昆虫
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '蟲' 1a, p. 54)
4. chóng noun creature
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '蟲' n 2; Kroll 2015 '蟲' 2, p. 54)
5. chóng proper noun Chong
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '蟲' n 4)

Contained in

• 昆虫(昆蟲) insect
• 螟虫(螟蟲) boring insect ; snout moth's larva
• 标本虫(標本蟲) spider beetle
• 鞭虫(鞭蟲) whipworm
• 放屁虫(放屁蟲) stink bug
• 七星瓢虫(七星瓢蟲) seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)
• 害人虫(害人蟲) pest; evildoer
• 虫儿(蟲兒) insect
• 益虫(益蟲) beneficial insect
• 毒虫(毒蟲) poisonous insect (or spider) ; junkie
• 钻心虫(鑽心蟲) boring insect
• 虫灾(蟲災) insect damage; destruction of crops by pest insects
• 鸟虫文(鳥蟲文) bird insect script
• 白蜡虫(白蠟蟲) Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
• 雕虫小技(雕蟲小技) insignificant talent; a minor accomplishment
• 虫洞(蟲洞) worm-hole (in cosmology and science fiction)
• 幼虫(幼蟲) larva
• 隐翅虫(隱翅蟲) rove beetle
• 百足之虫(百足之蟲) centipede
• 马蛔虫(馬蛔蟲) horse roundworm; parascaris equorum
• 变形虫(變形蟲) amoeba
• 杀虫药(殺蟲藥) insecticide
• 阿米巴原虫(阿米巴原蟲) amoeba; ameba
• 食虫目(食蟲目) Insectivora
• 甲虫(甲蟲) a beetle
• 蛲虫病(蟯蟲病) enterobiasis
• 绦虫纲(絛蟲綱) Cestoda (an order of flatworms)
• 九香虫(九香蟲) brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB)
• 蝗虫(蝗蟲) a locust; grasshopper
• 疥癣虫(疥癬蟲) acarus
• 百足虫(百足蟲) centipede
• 卤虫属(鹵蟲屬) Artemia; brine shrimp
• 甲壳虫(甲殼蟲) a beetle ; the Beatles
• 无钩绦虫(無鉤絛蟲) beef tapeworm
• 底栖有孔虫(底棲有孔蟲) benthic foraminifera
• 昆虫学(昆蟲學) entomology
• 鸟虫书体(鳥蟲書體) bird and insect script
• 球虫(球蟲) coccidia
• 害虫(害蟲) a harmful insect
• 精虫冲脑(精蟲衝腦) the spermatozoons have gone to his head; overwhelmed by lust
• 茧虫(繭蟲) pupae
• 冬虫夏草(冬蟲夏草) caterpillar fungus
• 蠹虫(蠹蟲) moth; harmful person; vermin
• 象鼻虫(象鼻蟲) weevil; snout beetle
• 恶性疟原虫(惡性瘧原蟲) plasmodium falciparum (malaria parasite)
• 放射虫(放射蟲) radiolarian (single-celled animal)
• 爬虫(爬蟲) reptile
• 蛲虫(蟯蟲) parasitic worm; human pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis)
• 百足之虫死而不僵(百足之蟲死而不僵) a centipede dies but never falls down; old institutions die hard
• 小毛虫(小毛蟲) slug

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• 《虫部》 Chóng Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 24
• 卷二十八 志第十八 五行中 Volume 28 Treatises 18: Five Elements Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 23
• 卷六十七 志第二十 五行五 Volume 67 Treatises 20: Five Elements 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 22
• 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 15
• 卷二十九 志第十九 五行下 Volume 29 Treatises 19: Five Elements Part Three Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 14
• 卷二十七中之下 五行志 Volume 27c: Treatise on the Five Elements 3 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 14
• 卷五　時則訓 Chapter 5: Seasonal Standards Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 14
• 卷五十　　志第三上:　五行一 Volume 50 Treatises 3: Five Elements 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 13
• 卷三十二 志第二十二 五行三 Volume 32 Treatises 22: Five Elements 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 13
• 《蟲部》 Chóng Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 13

Collocations

• 羽虫 (羽蟲) 恩及羽蟲 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷十三 四時之副第五十五 人副天數第五十六 同類相動第五十七 五行相生第五十八 五行相勝第五十九 五行順逆第六十 治水五行第六十一　Scroll 13 — count: 9
• 鳞虫 (鱗蟲) 以像鱗蟲 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一　原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — count: 8
• 生虫 (生蟲) 憂夫肉自生蟲 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十八 辨物 Chapter 18: Distinguishes Things — count: 8
• 水虫 (水蟲) 則凡水蟲無聲 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 秋官司寇 第五 5. Office of Autumn and Minister of Justice — count: 8
• 虫牢 (蟲牢) 同盟于蟲牢 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 7
• 蠃虫 (蠃蟲) 時則有蠃蟲之孽 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十七中之下 五行志 Volume 27c: Treatise on the Five Elements 3 — count: 7
• 虫食 (蟲食) 有蟲食其葉 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十七中之下 五行志 Volume 27c: Treatise on the Five Elements 3 — count: 7
• 虫毛 (蟲毛) 其蟲毛 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 6
• 虫鳞 (蟲鱗) 其蟲鱗 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 6
• 虫介 (蟲介) 其蟲介 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 6