黄粉虫

黃粉蟲
huángfěnchóng
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 mealworm
  2. 2 yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor larva)

Examples

Yǎng niǎo de rén chángyòng huángfěnchóng dāng sìliào.
Bird-keepers often use mealworms as feed.
Huángfěnchóng gāo dànbái, dī zhīfáng, shì wèilái shípǐn zhī yī.
Mealworms are high-protein, low-fat, and considered a food of the future.

Tips

culture
Farm-reared in China at industrial scale as feed for poultry, reptiles, and aquaculture — and increasingly positioned as a sustainable protein for humans. Also called 面包 ("bread worm") in pet shops.

Stroke Order

huáng
fěn
chóng