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甲蟲

简 甲虫 · 繁 甲蟲
Mandarin · pinyin jiǎ chóng

Meanings

  1. beetle
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甲
jiǎ · armor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem
蟲
chóng · worms; insects
虫
chóng · insects, worms; Kangxi radical 142
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3–2 · jia3 chong2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gaap3 cung4

Cantonese word readings for 甲蟲. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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gaap3 cung4

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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noun

  1. beetle (any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera)
  2. (Jiangyong Tuhua) pangolin

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