蚁巢 (yǐcháo) · ant nest, anthill

Measure Word

一个蚁巢 gè

HSK 3

孩子们在树下发现了一个蚁巢。

Háizimen zài shù xià fāxiàn le yí ge yǐcháo.

The children found an ant nest under the tree.

HSK 6

一个大蚁巢里可能住着上万只蚂蚁。

Yí ge dà yǐcháo lǐ kěnéng zhù zhe shàngwàn zhī mǎyǐ.

A big ant nest can be home to tens of thousands of ants.

usage

蚁 is the written form of 蚂蚁 "ant", used in compounds such as 工蚁 (worker ant) and 蚁后 (queen ant). In everyday speech an ant nest is usually a 蚂蚁窝.

蚁 yǐ

巢 cháo