# 昆虫 (kūnchóng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 昆虫 (kūnchóng) means “insect”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: insect
- Pinyin: kūnchóng (kun1 chong2)
- Traditional: 昆蟲
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5
- Measure word: 只、群、堆

## Examples

- 草地上有许多不知名的小昆虫。
  Cǎodì shàng yǒu xǔduō bù zhīmíng de xiǎo kūnchóng.
  There are many unknown small insects on the grass.

## Characters

- 昆 (kūn): (also used for transliteration); descendant
- 虫 (chóng): lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae,

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

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