瓢蟲
See also: 瓢虫
Chinese
| dipper; ladle | animal; insect | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (瓢蟲) | 瓢 | 蟲 | |
| simp. (瓢虫) | 瓢 | 虫 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: piáochóng
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠˊ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: piáochóng
- Wade–Giles: pʻiao2-chʻung2
- Yale: pyáu-chúng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyauchorng
- Palladius: пяочун (pjaočun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: piao2 cong2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: piaocung
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰiau²¹ t͡sʰoŋ²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: piu4 cung4
- Yale: pìuh chùhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: piu4 tsung4
- Guangdong Romanization: piu4 cung4
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰiːu̯²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
瓢蟲
- ladybird; ladybug (Classifier: 隻／只)
- (neologism, derogatory) man who takes pleasure in hiring prostitutes or is disposed to do so
- Synonym: 嫖蟲 / 嫖虫
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 瓢蟲 (“ladybird, ladybug”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 瓢蟲 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 花大姐, 花布手巾 |
| Taiwan | 瓢蟲 | |
| Harbin | 花大姐 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 花大姐 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 花大姐 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 花花媳婦 |
| Xi'an | 花裹肚兒 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 花媳婦兒, 花大姐 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 瓢蟲, 花姑娘兒 |
| Wuhan | 花殼子蟲, 殼子蟲 | |
| Guiyang | 花姑娘 | |
| Liuzhou | 瓢蟲 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 花和尚 |
| Yangzhou | 瓢蟲, 花烏龜 | |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 花姑娘 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 花蘿蟲 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 花蛄仔 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 花大姐 |
| Xinzhou | 花媳婦兒 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 烏龜仔 |
| Quanzhou | 烏龜仔 | |
| Zhangzhou | 烏龜仔 | |
| Tainan | 珠仔龜 GT | |
| Chaozhou | 紅先生 | |
| Jieyang | 紅先生 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 瓢蟲 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 花姑娘 |
| Danyang | 花姑娘 | |
| Hangzhou | 瓢瓢蟲兒 | |
| Ningbo | 瓢蟲 | |
| Jinhua | 花烏龜兒, 硬殼蟲 | |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 瓢 | 蟲 |
| てんとうむし | |
| Jinmeiyō | Hyōgai |
| jukujikun | |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 瓢蟲 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 瓢蟲, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (瓢虫) of the above term.) |