Ladybug in Chinese (Mandarin): 瓢虫 (piáochóng)
瓢虫
piáochóng
ladybug
- Simplified
- 瓢虫
- Traditional
- 瓢蟲
- Pinyin
- piáochóng
- Typed as
- piaochong
Use it in a sentence
瓢虫身上有小黑点。
瓢蟲身上有小黑點。
The ladybug has little black dots.
The characters in 瓢虫
瓢
A ladle made from a dried gourd. 瓜 (melon) is on the right.
16 strokes
虫 / 蟲
Bug, small creature. It began as a drawing of a snake or worm.
6 strokes
瓢虫 is a "ladle bug": its round back looks like a gourd ladle turned over.
More examples with 瓢虫
瓢虫是红色的。
瓢蟲是紅色的。
Piáochóng shì hóngsè de.
The ladybug is red.
瓢虫停在我的手上。
瓢蟲停在我的手上。
Piáochóng tíng zài wǒ de shǒu shang.
The ladybug landed on my hand.
How to write 瓢虫 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
瓢 16 strokes
虫 6 strokes
In Traditional characters:
蟲 18 strokes
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