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

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".
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])
rainbow

= + : Helga Horse (hu) wants to decorate engine's entrance ((e)ng2) by putting a rainbow (虹) over it. Before she can install the rainbow she first has to set up a steel beam (工) as support though. Fortunately there is a very strong mosquito (虫) who helps her to set up the beam above the entrance.
mosquito

= + : Willy Walrus (w) is killing two mosquitoes (蚊)(虫) in one strike with a thick book (文) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2).
old variant of 蚊[wen2]
old variant of 蚊[wen2]
shrimp / prawn

= + : In order to be admitted to the ashram Xi Shi (xi) has to complete a trial in front of it (a1). She has to survive a sea of shrimp (虾) only with the help of a ladder (下) on which she can save herself from the shrimp army. To not make it too easy for her though there's also an army of mosquitoes (虫) harassing her.
see 蝦蟆|虾蟆[ha2 ma5]
barbarian / bullying / very / quite / rough / reckless

= + : The also-ran (亦) arrived very exhausted at the anthill's kitchen (an2) when she accidentally steps on a mosquito (虫). Mahatma Gandhi (m) sees the incident and calls the also-ran a barbarian (蛮).
candle / wax

= + : Sir Lancelot (l) spent all day waxing (蜡) the floor of the ashram's bathroom (a4). Even when the mosquito (虫) drops his milkshake (昔) on the floor it just drops off and doesn't wet the floor.
candle / (literary) to illuminate

= + : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) lights a candle (烛) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2) and the mosquito (虫) instantly wants to fly right into the fire (火).
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.