03003 Chinese character of 虫 and pronounce cung4

The Chinese character【虫】(worm) that I will teach you this time is a word that describes nature or organisms. It is mainly used for the following meanings:

Insects or small animals.

Here is the phonetic guide for pronouncing this Chinese character.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【虫】:chóng

Cantonese Jyutping of 【虫】:cung4

Below, you’ll find general facts about the Chinese character 【虫】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【虫】, for example:Describing nature or organisms , It means mainly insects or small animals .Because of the extensive meanings of Chinese characters, some intricate details and specialized uses might not be fully presented here.

【虫】is a word that, when joined with additional words, constructs more precise phrases, like【蟲蟲、飛蟲】(Mandarin Pinyin:chóng chóng 、fēi chóng/ Cantonese Jyutping:cung4 cung4 、fei1 cung4)

To form this character, you need 6 strokes,It is a Chinese character that must be learned by those aiming to reach a near-native level of proficiency in Chinese,This sentence serves as an example of how to use this character.:


花叢間飛舞著各種色彩繽紛的蟲蟲。

All kinds of colorful insects are flying among the flowers.


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