昆虫及 (kūnchóngjí): (fragment) "insects and..." — not a standalone word; 及 is a conjunction meaning "and / as well as," so 昆虫及 is always followed by another noun phrase

Meanings

1 (fragment) "insects and..." — not a standalone word; 及 is a conjunction meaning "and / as well as," so 昆虫及 is always followed by another noun phrase

Characters

昆

and; as well as (literary conjunction)

Examples

本书介绍昆虫及其他无脊椎动物。

Běn shū jièshào kūnchóng jí qítā wú jǐzhuī dòngwù.

This book introduces insects and other invertebrates.

昆虫及节肢动物在生态系统中十分重要。

Kūnchóng jí jiézhī dòngwù zài shēngtài xìtǒng zhōng shífēn zhòngyào.

Insects and arthropods are highly important in ecosystems.

Tips

usage

Not a lexical word. 昆虫及 is the tail of a longer noun phrase that THUOCL's word-segmenter mis-grouped — 及 ("and") is a literary conjunction that never stands alone at the end of a phrase. In real text it is always 昆虫及 + something (e.g. 昆虫及其天敌, 昆虫及节肢动物).