书虫

書蟲

shūchóng

noun

Measure Word

一个书虫 gè

Meanings

1 bookworm (avid reader)
2 (literally) book-eating insect

Characters

Examples

他从小就是个书虫，每周看好几本书。

Tā cóngxiǎo jiùshì gè shūchóng, měi zhōu kàn hǎojǐ běn shū.

He's been a bookworm since childhood, reading several books a week.

图书馆里全是书虫。

Túshūguǎn lǐ quán shì shūchóng.

The library is full of bookworms.

Tips

memory

书虫 is a near-perfect calque of English 'bookworm' — same image (a worm in books) and same affectionate-nerd connotation. Useful as a self-label: 我是个书虫 ('I'm a bookworm').

Stroke Order

书 shū

虫 chóng