# 虫子 (chóngzi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 虫子 (chóngzi) means “insect; bug; worm”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: insect; bug; worm
- Pinyin: chóngzi (chong2 zi5)
- Traditional: 蟲子
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4
- Measure word: 条、只

## Examples

- 树叶上有一只小虫子。
  Shùyè shàng yǒu yī zhī xiǎo chóngzi.
  There is a small bug on the leaf.

## Characters

- 虫 (chóng): lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae,
- [子](https://hanziro.com/word/zi-noun-suffix/) (zi): (suffix) noun suffix; child

https://hanziro.com/word/chong-zi-insect/

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