蚍蜉

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (蚍蜉)		蚍	蜉
simp. ^#(蚍蜉)		蚍	蜉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pífú

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ ㄈㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴ fau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pî-hû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pífú
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄈㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pífú
  - Wade–Giles: pʻi²-fu²
  - Yale: pí-fú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyifwu
  - Palladius: пифу (pifu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ fu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pei⁴ fau⁴
  - Yale: pèih fàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴ fau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴ feo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹ fɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pî-hû
  - Tâi-lô: pî-hû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pi'huu
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi¹³⁻²² hu¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /pi²⁴⁻²² hu²⁴/

Middle Chinese: bjij bjuw

Rime
Character	蚍	蜉
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	房脂切	縛謀切
Baxter	bjij	bjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biɪ/	/bɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/bi/	/biu/
Shao Rongfen	/bjɪ/	/biəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bi/	/buw/
Li Rong	/bi/	/biu/
Wang Li	/bi/	/bĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi/	/bʱi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pí	fóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei⁴	fau⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*bi bu/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蜉
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fú
Middle Chinese	‹ bjuw ›
Old Chinese	/*[b](r)u/
English	mayfly
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蚍	蜉
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	530	3347
Phonetic component	比	孚
Rime group	脂	幽
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	𣬈	浮
Old Chinese	/*bi/	/*bu/

Noun

蚍蜉

(archaic) a type of large grey ant with a large head and antennae
(archaic) termite
(dialectal) ant

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 螞蟻 (“ant”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蟻, 螞蟻
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		螞蟻
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	螞蟻
	Taiwan	螞蟻
	Chengde	螞蟻
	Ulanhot	螞蟻
	Tongliao	螞蟻
	Chifeng	螞蟻
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	螞蟻
	Heihe	螞蟻
	Qiqihar	螞蟻
	Harbin	螞蟻
	Jiamusi	螞蟻
	Baicheng	螞蟻
	Changchun	螞蟻
	Tonghua	螞蟻
	Shenyang	螞蟻
	Jinzhou	螞蟻
	Malaysia	螞蟻
	Singapore	螞蟻
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	螞蟻
	Tangshan	螞蟻, 垤蜉
	Cangzhou	螞蟻, 米蛘
	Baoding	蚍蜉
	Shijiazhuang	螞蟻
	Lijin	米蛘
	Jinan	螞蟻, 米蛘
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	螞蟻
	Dandong	螞蟻, 螞蟣蛘子
	Yantai	螞蟣蛘子
	Yantai (Muping)	蟣螞蛘子, 螞蟣蛘子
	Weihai	蟻
	Qingdao	螞蟻蛘
	Zhucheng	螞蟻蛘, 蟻蛘
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	螞蟻
	Lingbao	螞蟻
	Jining	螞蟻
	Wanrong	螞螞蚍蜉
	Linfen	螞螞蟲兒
	Shangqiu	螞蟻
	Yuanyang	螞蟻
	Zhengzhou	螞蟻
	Xinyang	螞蟻
	Baihe	螞蟻
	Xi'an	螞蟻, 蚍蜉螞
	Baoji	螞蟻
	Tianshui	蚍蜉螞螞
	Xining	螞蟻, 螞蟻蟲兒
	Xuzhou	螞蟻
	Fuyang	螞蟻
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	螞蟻
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	螞蟻蟲子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	螞蟻
	Bayanhot	螞蟻
	Lanzhou	螞蟻, 螞蟻蟲兒
	Dunhuang	螞蟻
	Hami	螞蟻
	Ürümqi	螞蟻
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	螞蟻兒, 螞蟻子
	Chengdu (Xindu)	螞蟻兒
	Chengdu (Pidu)	螞蟻兒, 螞蟻子
	Chengdu (Wenjiang)	螞蟻兒, 螞蟻子
	Chengdu (Shuangliu)	螞蟻兒
	Chengdu (Xinjin)	螞蟻子
	Jintang	螞蟻兒
	Pengzhou	螞蟻兒
	Dujiangyan	螞蟻兒, 螞蟻子
	Chongzhou	螞蟻兒
	Dayi	螞蟻子
	Pujiang	螞蟻子
	Qionglai	螞蟻子
	Nanchong	螞蟻
	Dazhou	螞蟻
	Hanyuan	螞蟻子
	Xichang	螞蟻
	Zigong	螞蟻
	Chongqing	螞蟻子, 螞英子
	Wuhan	螞蟻, 螞印子, 螞燕子
	Yichang	螞蟻
	Xiangyang	螞蟻
	Tianmen	螞蟻, 螞蜒子
	Guiyang	螞蟻
	Zunyi	螞蟻子
	Bijie	螞蟻
	Liping	螞蟻
	Zhaotong	螞蟻子
	Dali	螞蟻
	Kunming	螞蟻
	Mengzi	螞蟻
	Guilin	螞蟻
	Liuzhou	螞蟻
	Jishou	螞娘子
	Changde	螞蟻
	Hanzhong	螞蟻
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	螞蟻
	Yangzhou	螞蟻
	Lianyungang	螞蟻
	Lianshui	螞蟻
	Nantong	螞蟻, 螞米
	Anqing	螞蟻
	Wuhu	螞蟻子
	Hefei	螞蟻
	Hong'an	螞蟻
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蟻
	Hong Kong	蟻, 螞蟻
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	蟻
	Macau	蟻
	Taishan	蟻
	Dongguan	蟻
	Yangjiang	蟻
	Xinyi	蟻
	Wuchuan (Wuyang)	蟻
	Beihai	蟻仔
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	蟻
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	蟻
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	蟻
	Danzhou	蟻仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	蟻
	Penang (Guangfu)	蟻
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蟻
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	蟻
	Móng Cái	蟻
Gan	Nanchang	螞蟻, 螞印子
	Lichuan	螞蟻
	Pingxiang	螞蟻子
Hakka	Meixian	蟻公, 蟻仔
	Xingning	咪公
	Huiyang	蟻子
	Huidong (Daling)	蟻
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	蟻
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	蟻公
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	蟻
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	蟻公
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	蟻公
	Liannan	蟻公
	Jiexi	蟻公
	Luhe	蟻仔
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	蟻子
	Changting	蟻公
	Wuping	蟻公
	Wuping (Yanqian)	蟻公
	Wuping (Pingyu)	蟻公
	Liancheng	蟻公
	Ninghua	蟻公, 蟻子
	Yudu	螞蟻
	Ningdu	蟻公
	Ruijin	蟻公子, 螞蟻
	Shicheng	蟻公
	Shangyou (Shexi)	螞蟻
	Tonggu (Sandu)	蟻公
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	螞蟻
	Dayu	螞蟻
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蟻公
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蟻公
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蟻公
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蟻公
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蟻仔, 蟻公
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蟻子
	Hong Kong	蟻公, 蟻子
	Mengshan (Xihe)	蟻公
	Luchuan	蟻
	Sabah (Longchuan)	螞蟻, 蟻公
	Senai (Huiyang)	蟻
	Singkawang	蟻, 蟻公
Huizhou	Jixi	螞蟻
	Shexian	螞蟻
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	螞蟻
	Xiuning	螞蟻
	Qimen	螞蟻
	Wuyuan	螞蟻
	Fuliang	螞蟻
	Dexing	螞蟻
	Jingde	王眼的
Jin	Taiyuan	螞蚍蜉, 螞蚍蜉兒, 螞蟻
	Pingyao	螞蚍蜉
	Yangyuan	螞蚍蜉子
	Datong	螞螞蚍蜉兒
	Xinzhou	螞蚍蜉
	Lüliang (Lishi)	螞蟻, 螞蚍蜉
	Changzhi	螞蟻
	Taibus (Baochang)	螞蟻
	Linhe	螞蟻, 螞蟻兒
	Jining	螞蟻
	Hohhot	螞蟻, 螞蚍蜉兒, 螞蟻官兒
	Baotou	螞蟻
	Dongsheng	螞蟻
	Haibowan	螞蟻
	Erenhot	螞蟻
	Pingshan	蚍蜉
	Zhangjiakou	螞蟻
	Handan	螞蟻
	Linzhou	螞蟻
	Suide	螞蟻兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蟻稚仔
	Songxi	蟻蠍嫲
	Zhenghe	真蟻仔
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	宗蟻仔
	Jianyang	蟻仔
	Wuyishan	蟻仔
	Pucheng (Shibei)	蟻仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	紅蟻
	Fuzhou (Changle)	黃蟻
	Fuqing	黃蟻, 紅蟻
	Yongtai	黃蟻
	Gutian	蟻
	Fu'an	蟻
	Ningde	黃蟻
	Shouning	蟻
	Zhouning	蟻
	Fuding	蟻
	Matsu	黃蟻
Southern Min	Xiamen	狗蟻
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	狗蟻
	Quanzhou	狗蟻
	Yongchun	蟻
	Dehua	草蟻
	Zhangzhou	狗蟻
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	狗蟻
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	狗蟻仔
	Hua'an	狗蟻
	Nanjing	狗蟻
	Pinghe	狗蟻
	Zhangpu	狗蟻
	Zhao'an	狗蟻
	Dongshan	狗蟻
	Taipei	狗蟻
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	狗蟻
	Kaohsiung	狗蟻
	Yilan	狗蟻
	Changhua (Lukang)	狗蟻
	Taichung	狗蟻
	Taichung (Wuqi)	狗蟻
	Tainan	狗蟻
	Taitung	狗蟻
	Hsinchu	狗蟻
	Kinmen	狗蟻
	Penghu (Magong)	狗蟻
	Penang (Hokkien)	蟻
	Singapore (Hokkien)	狗蟻
	Manila (Hokkien)	狗蟻, 蟻
	Medan (Hokkien)	狗蟻
	Longyan	蟻翁
	Zhangping	蟻
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	蟻
	Datian	蟻
	Chaozhou	蟻
	Shantou	蟻
	Shantou (Chenghai)	蟻
	Jieyang	蟻, 狗蟻
	Haifeng	狗蟻
	Bangkok (Teochew)	溝蟻
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	蟻
	Singapore (Teochew)	蟻
	Pontianak (Teochew)	蟻
	Leizhou	蟻
	Wenchang	蟻
	Haikou	蟻
	Singapore (Hainanese)	蟻
Puxian Min	Putian	蟻婆
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	蟻婆
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	蟻婆
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	蟻婆
	Xianyou	蟻, 蟻婆, 蟻公
	Xianyou (Fengting)	蟻, 蟻婆
	Xianyou (Youyang)	蟻, 蟻婆
	Fuding (Aoyao)	蟻
Central Min	Yong'an	蟻
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	蟻
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	螞蟻
Shehua	Fu'an	黃蟻
	Fuding	黃蟻
	Luoyuan	黃蟻
	Sanming	蟻
	Shunchang	蟻
	Hua'an	蟻
	Guixi (Zhangping)	蟻
	Cangnan	黃蟻
	Jingning (Hexi)	蟻
	Lishui	蟻
	Longyou	蟻
	Chaozhou	蟻
	Fengshun	蟻仔
Wu	Shanghai	螞蟻
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	螞蟻
	Shanghai (Jiading)	螞蟻
	Shanghai (Chongming)	螞蟻
	Suzhou	螞蟻
	Wuxi	螞蟻
	Danyang	螞蟻
	Hangzhou	螞蟻
	Ningbo	螞粉, 螞轟, 螞蟻
	Wenzhou	火蟻
	Jinhua	戽我, 螞蟻
Xiang	Changsha	螞蟻子, 螞蟻
	Loudi	螞蟻子, 螞蟻
	Shuangfeng	螞蟻子
	Hengyang	螞蟻子

Derived terms

撼樹蚍蜉 / 撼树蚍蜉
蚍蜉撼大樹 / 蚍蜉撼大树 (pífúhàndàshù)
蚍蜉撼樹 / 蚍蜉撼树 (pífúhànshù)
蚍蜉螞 / 蚍蜉蚂
蚍蜉螞螞 / 蚍蜉蚂蚂
蚍蜉酒草
螞蚍蜉 / 蚂蚍蜉
螞蚍蜉兒 / 蚂蚍蜉儿
螞蚍蜉子 / 蚂蚍蜉子
螞螞蚍蜉 / 蚂蚂蚍蜉
螞螞蚍蜉兒 / 蚂蚂蚍蜉儿

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蚍	蜉
ひ Hyōgai	ふ Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひふ [híꜜfù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [çiɸɯ̟]

Noun

蚍(ひ)蜉(ふ) • (hifu)

large ant

Derived terms

蚍蜉大樹(ひふたいじゅ)を動(ご)かす (hifu taiju o gokasu)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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