variant of 蟲|虫[chong2]
lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic

= + : Chantal Chicken and a mosquito are taking part in a dart contest just inside the engine's kitchen. The dart board is hanging in the middle of the entrance, and Chantal and the mosquito are standing to the sides. Over each of them a large fake nose is hovering: the loser will be covered in grey goose as punishment.

虫 character breakdown

China / Chinese / surname Zhong
within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a dart board, because you always try to hit the center.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu-) is throwing dinosaur bones (丨) as darts on a dart board in front of the engine ((e)ng1). To make it a bit more difficult he's throwing mandarins (口) into the air as well and skewers them up right in the center (中 is a mandarin skewered on a dinosaur bone) in mid flight with the dinosaur bones. He's still able to consistently hit the center (中) of the dart board.
to hit (the mark) / to be hit by / to suffer / to win (a prize, a lottery)
old variant of 某[mou3]
old variant of 私[si1]

Mnemonic symbol: a fake nose. Socrates (s) is wearing his fake nose (厶) in outer space, in front of the space station (Ø1).

Characters with 虫 as component

egg / CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2] / oval-shaped thing

= + : Don Quixote (d) is really annoyed by the many mosquitoes (虫) this year. In the anthill's bathroom (an4) he discovers many mosquito eggs (蛋) and angrily tramples on them wearing his gumboots (疋) while the mosquito (虫) parents can only helplessly watch.
variant of 蜑[Dan4]

= + : Don Quixote (d) is really annoyed by the many mosquitoes (虫) this year. In the anthill's bathroom (an4) he discovers many mosquito eggs (蛋) and angrily tramples on them wearing his gumboots (疋) while the mosquito (虫) parents can only helplessly watch.
although / even though

= + : Susan Saint Bernard set up a huge web in front of the Eiffel Tower. A mosquito is in the unfortunate situation that it definitely has to pass through to transport it's mandarin, so the mosquito thinks to itself: "although I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil".
variant of 蟲|虫: insect, bug / creature, animal / insect infestation / person who indulges in something / a surname

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: a slug. Chantal Chicken (chu) is using a banana (丿) to attract and eat slugs (䖝) and mosquitoes (虫) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2).
variant of 虺, snake
Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods / surname Yu

= 丿 + + : Yu the Great (禹) wants to impress Yu the Great (yu) in the space station's living room (Ø3) and studies a map (冂) of the world's rivers. After he decided where he want to build his dikes, he sends out an armada of mosquitoes (虫) carrying bananas (丿). The mosquitoes will drop the bananas at the determined positions and build dams with them so as to control the waters. Yu the Great is mildly impressed by these efforts.

= + : Yu the Great (禹) studies a map (冂) in the space station's living room (Ø3) to build his dams, but he's confused about all the new rivers which seem to have formed recently. In reality Yu the Great (yu) played a prank on him: she put a slug (䖝) on the map which just left trails of slime.
alone / independent / single / sole / only

= + : Everyone has left the space station, only the animals are left: Doggy Dog (du), the dachshund (犭) and the mosquito (虫). They have noone who throws them a stick or exposes their bare body parts to bite. All alone (独), they wait in the space station's entrance (Ø2).
surname Hui

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a patron.

Helgar Horse (hu) used to be an accomplished racing horse, but nowadays she gets too old. Her patron (惠)—the mosquito (虫)—however wants her to continue, so he adds a capacitor (二) to her heart (心) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4) to make her run even faster.
favor / benefit / to bestow / (literary) benevolence / (honorific)

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a patron.

Helgar Horse (hu) used to be an accomplished racing horse, but nowadays she gets too old. Her patron (惠)—the mosquito (虫)—however wants her to continue, so he adds a capacitor (二) to her heart (心) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4) to make her run even faster.
(bound form) act of kindness (from a superior) / (honorific prefix) kind (as in 惠顧|惠顾[hui4 gu4])
snake / serpent / CL:條|条[tiao2]

= + : Sherlock Holmes (sh) is investigating the death of a mosquito (虫) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He took a blood sample from the mosquito and analyzes it with his computer (它). It turns out that the mosquito stung the venomous snake (蛇) which is sleeping across the hall, and the venom killed the mosquito.

Words with 虫

parasite (biology) / (fig.) freeloader
pitiful creature / wretch
injurious insect / pest
seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)
brown marmorated stinkbug (BMSB)
seasonal insect (e.g. cicada)
caterpillar fungus (Cordyceps sinensis)
trematoda / fluke / trematode worm, approx 6000 species, mostly parasite, incl. on humans
Class Trematoda / fluke / trematode worm, a parasite incl. on humans

Sentences with 虫

虫 currently does not appear in any sentence.