Tom is a parasite.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
寄生虫
parasite (biology)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
parasite (biology)
02
(fig.) freeloader
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 寄生虫 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 寄生虫 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 寄生虫.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 寄生虫.
Directly before
- 个寄生虫1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 寄生虫
What does 寄生虫 mean in Chinese?
寄生虫 (jìshēngchóng) means parasite (biology).
How do you pronounce 寄生虫?
寄生虫 is pronounced jìshēngchóng.
Is 寄生虫 an HSK word?
寄生虫 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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