Mosquito in Chinese (Mandarin): 蚊子 (wénzi)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 蚊子

• 蚊

  Mosquito. 虫 (bug) is on the left and 文 (wén) gives the sound.

  10 strokes

• 子

  A small ending found in many nouns, said short and light.

  3 strokes

A mosquito bite is 蚊子包 (wénzi bāo), a "mosquito bump". Itchy is 痒 (yǎng).

More examples with 蚊子

• 夏天蚊子很多。

  Xiàtiān wénzi hěn duō.

  There are lots of mosquitoes in summer.

• 我被蚊子咬了，好痒。

  我被蚊子咬了，好癢。

  Wǒ bèi wénzi yǎo le, hǎo yǎng.

  A mosquito bit me, and it's so itchy.

How to write 蚊子 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.