| 1 | 虫 | 蟲 | chóng | chong2 | lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures; Classifiers: 条 ,只 ; (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic | | |
| 2 | 虫子 | 蟲子 | chóng zi | chong2 zi5 | insect; bug; worm; Classifiers: 条 | | |
| 3 | 虫鸟叫声 | 蟲鳥叫聲 | chóng niǎo jiào shēng | chong2 niao3 jiao4 sheng1 | chirp | | |
| 4 | 虫子牙 | 蟲子牙 | chóng zi yá | chong2 zi5 ya2 | see 虫牙 | | |
| 5 | 虫蛀 | 蟲蛀 | chóng zhù | chong2 zhu4 | damaged by moths or worms | | |
| 6 | 虫豸 | 蟲豸 | chóng zhì | chong2 zhi4 | insect or insect-like small creature (literary); base person (used as a curse word) | | |
| 7 | 虫灾 | 蟲災 | chóng zāi | chong2 zai1 | insect damage; destruction of crops by pest insects | | |
| 8 | 虫牙 | 蟲牙 | chóng yá | chong2 ya2 | caries; rotten tooth (colloquial); see also 龋齿 | | |
| 9 | 虫霜水旱 | 蟲霜水旱 | chóng shuāng shuǐ hàn | chong2 shuang1 shui3 han4 | insects, frost, floods, and droughts (the four major terrors of farmers) (idiom) | | |
| 10 | 虫儿 | 蟲兒 | chóng r | chong2 r5 | see 虫子 | | |
| 11 | 虫媒病毒 | 蟲媒病毒 | chóng méi bìng dú | chong2 mei2 bing4 du2 | arbovirus | | |
| 12 | 虫类 | 蟲類 | chóng lèi | chong2 lei4 | insects | | |
| 13 | 虫蜡 | 蟲蠟 | chóng là | chong2 la4 | white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela) | | |
| 14 | 虫胶 | 蟲膠 | chóng jiāo | chong2 jiao1 | shellac | | |
| 15 | 虫害 | 蟲害 | chóng hài | chong2 hai4 | insect pest; damage from insects | | |
| 16 | 虫洞 | 蟲洞 | chóng dòng | chong2 dong4 | worm-hole (in cosmology and science fiction) | | |
| 17 | 虫草 | 蟲草 | chóng cǎo | chong2 cao3 | see 冬虫夏草 | | |
| 18 | 虫白蜡 | 蟲白蠟 | chóng bái là | chong2 bai2 la4 | white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela) | | |