夏蟲

See also: 夏虫

Chinese

		summer; Xia (proper name)	animal; insect
trad. (夏蟲)		夏	蟲
simp. (夏虫)		夏	虫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàchóng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ cung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàchóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàchóng
  - Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-chʻung²
  - Yale: syà-chúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahchorng
  - Palladius: сячун (sjačun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haa⁶ cung⁴
  - Yale: hah chùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ tsung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ cung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

Noun

夏蟲

(literary) “summer insects”; insects that are active only during summer
- 夏蟲也為我沉默，沉默是今晚的康橋。 [MSC, trad.]
  夏虫也为我沉默，沉默是今晚的康桥。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1928, 徐志摩 (Xu Zhimo), 再別康橋 (Saying Good-bye to Cambridge Again)
  Xiàchóng yě wèi wǒ chénmò, chénmò shì jīnwǎn de Kāngqiáo. [Pinyin]
  Even the summer insects mute themselves for me, that is how I found Cambridge this night.

Derived terms

夏蟲不可語冰 / 夏虫不可语冰 (xiàchóng bùkě yǔ bīng)
夏蟲朝菌 / 夏虫朝菌