菜蟲

Chinese

		dish (type of food); vegetables	animal; insect
trad. (菜蟲)		菜	蟲
simp. (菜虫)		菜	虫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): càichóng

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coi³ cung⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhoi-chhùng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhài-thâng
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tshe-zon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: càichóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: càichóng
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻai⁴-chʻung²
  - Yale: tsài-chúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaychorng
  - Palladius: цайчун (cajčun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: coi³ cung⁴
  - Yale: choi chùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi³ tsung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: coi³ cung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhoi-chhùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: coi cung^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: coi⁴ cung²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰuŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhài-thâng
  - Tâi-lô: tshài-thâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhae'taang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰaŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰaŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰaŋ²³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tshe-zon
  - MiniDict: tshe^去 zon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshe-zon
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰe³³ zoŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

菜蟲

cabbageworm
(Taiwan) person who monopolizes the market and exploits vegetable farmers for profit