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毛虫 (máo chóng): Caterpillar (noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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毛虫 consists of 2 characters.

hair; fur; crude

insect; worm; small animal

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Pinyinmáo chóng

Meaningcaterpillar

Characters2

HSK—

Syntaxnoun

Word毛虫

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Example Sentences with 毛虫

Shù树

shàng上

yǒu有

yī一

zhī只

lǜ绿

sè色

de的

máo毛

chóng虫

。

There is a green caterpillar on the tree.

Máo毛

chóng虫

màn慢

man慢

pá爬

guò过

yè叶

zi子

，

xún

寻

zhǎo找

shí食

wù物

。

The caterpillar slowly crawled across the leaf, looking for food.

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眉毛méi maoHSK 5
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凤毛麟角fèng máo lín jiǎoHSK 7-9

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昆虫kūn chóngHSK 5
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幼虫yòu chóng
懒虫lǎn chóng
爬虫pá chóng
瓢虫piáo chóng
甲虫jiǎ chóng