蚱蜢

zhàměng

noun #25,786

Measure Word

一只蚱蜢 zhī

Meanings

1 grasshopper

Characters

grasshopper (phonetic component with insect radical)

grasshopper (phonetic component with insect radical)

Examples

HSK 4

草地上跳着许多蚱蜢。

Cǎodì shàng tiào zhe xǔduō zhàměng.

Many grasshoppers were jumping around in the grass.

HSK 5

孩子们抓蚱蜢玩了一下午。

Háizi men zhuā zhàměng wán le yī xiàwǔ.

The children caught grasshoppers all afternoon.

Tips

memory

The characters 蚱 and 蜢 both have the insect radical 虫 on the left, a reliable cue that you're dealing with a bug. The sounds zhà-měng are purely phonetic.

Stroke Order

蚱 zhà

蜢 měng