蜂王

fēngwáng
noun #58,623

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 queen bee

Examples

HSK 7-9
Yí ge fēngcháo lǐ tōngcháng zhǐyǒu yì zhī fēngwáng.
A hive usually has only one queen bee.
HSK 7-9
Fēngwáng měi tiān néng chǎnxià yìqiān duō ge luǎn, qítā gōngzuò quán kào gōngfēng wánchéng.
The queen lays over a thousand eggs a day, and the worker bees do all the other work.

Tips

culture
Chinese calls the queen a king: 蜂王, "bee king". Royal jelly, the food that turns a larva into a queen, is 蜂王浆, widely sold as a health tonic. The other members of the colony are 工蜂 (workers) and 雄蜂 (drones).

Stroke Order

蜂 fēng
王 wáng