Chinese symbol for “earthworm”
地龙
dì lóng
Traditional: 地龍
(TCM) earthworm
The closest CC-CEDICT match for earthworm is 地龙 (dì lóng), defined as: (TCM) earthworm.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “earthworm”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蛐蟮 | qū shan | (coll.) earthworm |
| 蚯蚓 | qiū yǐn | (zoology) earthworm |
| 螾 | yǐn | the earthworm |
| 蟺 | shàn | earthworm |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 地龙.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地区 (地區) | dì qū | region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system) |
| 地方 | dì fāng | region; regional (away from the central administration) |
| 当地 (當地) | dāng dì | local |
| 土地 | tǔ dì | land; soil |
| 龙头 (龍頭) | lóng tóu | faucet; tap; bicycle handlebar |
| 恐龙 (恐龍) | kǒng lóng | dinosaur (头 (tóu),只 (zhī)); (old) (slang) ugly person |
| 沙龙 (沙龍) | shā lóng | salon (loanword) |
| 青龙 (青龍) | qīng lóng | (slang) man lacking pubic hair; (mahjong) full straight (123, 456, 789 in one suit) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “earthworm”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.