工蜂

gōngfēng

noun #30,486

Measure Word

一只工蜂 zhī

Meanings

1 worker bee

Characters

Examples

工蜂负责采蜜和照顾幼虫。

Gōngfēng fùzé cǎimì hé zhàogù yòuchóng.

Worker bees gather nectar and care for the larvae.

蜂群里大多数是工蜂。

Fēngqún lǐ dà duōshù shì gōngfēng.

Most of the bees in a colony are workers.

他像工蜂一样勤劳。

Tā xiàng gōngfēng yíyàng qínláo.

He's as hardworking as a worker bee.

Tips

culture

A bee colony has three castes: 蜂王 (fēngwáng, queen), 工蜂 (worker — sterile females, the labor force), and 雄蜂 (xióngfēng, drone — males whose only role is mating). 工蜂 is sometimes used metaphorically for tireless office workers.

Stroke Order

工 gōng

蜂 fēng