蟑螂

zhāngláng

noun #6,913

Measure Word

一只蟑螂 zhī

Meanings

1 cockroach

Characters

cockroach (used in compound)

cockroach (used in compound)

Examples

HSK 2

她最怕蟑螂。

Tā zuì pà zhāngláng.

She is most afraid of cockroaches.

HSK 5

厨房里有蟑螂！

Chúfáng lǐ yǒu zhāngláng!

There are cockroaches in the kitchen!

Tips

memory

Both characters have the 虫 (insect) radical on the left, marking them as bug-related. The sound zhāngláng is onomatopoeic in origin.

Stroke Order

蟑 zhāng

螂 láng