昆虫

Meaning(noun)

insect

Measure words: 只、群、堆

Examples

• 蝴蝶是一种美丽的昆虫。

  hú dié shì yì zhǒng měi lì de kūn chóng.

  The butterfly is a beautiful insect.

• 他从小就喜欢研究昆虫。

  tā cóng xiǎo jiù xǐ huan yán jiū kūn chóng.

  He has loved studying insects since childhood.

• 夏天的森林里有很多昆虫。

  xià tiān de sēn lín lǐ yǒu hěn duō kūn chóng.

  There are many insects in the forest in summer.

Easily confused

• 虫子 — 虫子 is colloquial for bugs and worms; 昆虫 is the scientific term.

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