昆虫学

昆蟲學
kūnchóngxué
noun #32,060

Meanings

  1. 1 entomology
  2. 2 the scientific study of insects

Examples

Tā shì yánjiū húdié de kūnchóngxué zhuānjiā.
He's an entomology expert who studies butterflies.
Tā dàxué shí zhǔxiū kūnchóngxué.
She majored in entomology in university.

Tips

grammar
Field-name pattern: X + = "the study of X." 昆虫 (insects) + (study) → entomology. Same pattern: 心理学 (psychology), 语言学 (linguistics), 生物学 (biology), 经济学 (economics). The matching person-noun is 昆虫学 (kūnchóngxuéjiā, "entomologist").
memory
in 昆虫 originally meant "a multitude / swarm" — 昆虫 = "the swarming creatures." Compare with 鸟类 (bird-study, ornithology) and 鱼类 (fish-study, ichthyology) — same - suffix, different animal.

Stroke Order

kūn
chóng
xué