DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

害人蟲

简害人虫 · 繁害人蟲

Mandarin · pinyin hài rén chóng

pest
evildoer

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

害: hài · injure, harm; destroy, kill
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
蟲: chóng · worms; insects
虫: chóng · insects, worms; Kangxi radical 142

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–2–2 · hai4 ren2 chong2

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

害人蟲 · find source passages ↗ · 害人虫 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hoi6 jan4 cung4

Cantonese word readings for 害人蟲. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack