Chinese symbol for “vermin”
害兽
hài shòu
Traditional: 害獸
vermin; harmful animal
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vermin is 害兽 (hài shòu), defined as: vermin; harmful animal.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “vermin”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 敌害 (敵害) | dí hài | pest; vermin |
| 蠹虫 (蠹蟲) | dù chóng | moth; harmful person |
| 蟊贼 (蟊賊) | máo zéi | insect that damages cereal crop seedlings; (lit. and fig.) vermin |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 害兽.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伤害 (傷害) | shāng hài | to injure; to harm |
| 害怕 | hài pà | to be afraid; to be scared |
| 厉害 (厲害) | lì hai | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; a |
| 受害者 | shòu hài zhě | casualty; victim |
| 损害 (損害) | sǔn hài | harm; to damage |
| 迫害 | pò hài | to persecute |
| 野兽 (野獸) | yě shòu | beast; wild animal |
| 怪兽 (怪獸) | guài shòu | rare animal; mythical animal |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vermin”.
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.