Caterpillar in Chinese (Mandarin): 毛毛虫 (máomaochóng)
毛毛虫
máomaochóng
caterpillar
- Simplified
- 毛毛虫
- Traditional
- 毛毛蟲
- Pinyin
- máomaochóng
- Typed as
- maomaochong
Use it in a sentence
毛毛虫会变成蝴蝶。
毛毛蟲會變成蝴蝶。
The caterpillar will turn into a butterfly.
The characters in 毛毛虫
毛
Fur, hair.
4 strokes
虫 / 蟲
Bug, small creature. It began as a drawing of a snake or worm.
6 strokes
毛毛虫 is a "fuzzy fuzzy bug". It turns into a butterfly, 蝴蝶 (húdié).
More examples with 毛毛虫
毛毛虫在吃叶子。
毛毛蟲在吃葉子。
Máomaochóng zài chī yèzi.
The caterpillar is eating a leaf.
毛毛虫爬得很慢。
毛毛蟲爬得很慢。
Máomaochóng pá de hěn màn.
The caterpillar crawls slowly.
How to write 毛毛虫 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
毛 4 strokes
虫 6 strokes
In Traditional characters:
蟲 18 strokes
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