Chinese
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: 'u4 gung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˈu³⁵ kuŋ⁴²/
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: vu1 gung1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /vu¹¹ kuŋ¹¹/
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: gyor2 gang1 [Phonetic: gyor5 ang1]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gió̤-gang
- Sinological IPA (key): /kyɒ¹³⁻¹¹ (k-)aŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: gya2 gang1 [Phonetic: gya5 ang1]
- Sinological IPA (key): /kya²⁴⁻²¹ (k-)aŋ⁵⁴⁴/
- Southern Min
- Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
- Wugniu: 6wu-kon
- MiniDict: wu去 kon
- Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 3hhu-kon
- Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²² koŋ⁴⁴/
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: u2 gong1
- Sinological IPA (key) (old-style): /u¹³ kʊŋ³³/
- Sinological IPA (key) (new-style): /u¹³ kən³³/
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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蜈
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蚣
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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| No.
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13095
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4093
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Phonetic
component
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吳
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公
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Rime
group
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魚
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東
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Rime
subdivision
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0
|
0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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吾
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公
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋʷaː/
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/*kloːŋ/
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| Notes
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廣雅作吳公
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Noun
蜈蚣
- centipede (an arthropod belonging to the class Chilopoda) (Classifier: 條／条 m c; 隻／只 mn)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 蜈蚣 (“centipede”) [map]
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Classical Chinese
|
蜈蚣, 百足, 螂蛆
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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蜈蚣
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| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
蜈蚣
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| Taiwan
|
蜈蚣
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| Chengde
|
蜈蚣
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| Chifeng
|
蜈蚣
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| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
蜈蚣
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| Heihe
|
蜈蚣
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| Qiqihar
|
蜈蚣
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| Harbin
|
蜈蚣
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| Jiamusi
|
蜈蚣
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| Baicheng
|
蜈蚣
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| Changchun
|
蜈蚣
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| Tonghua
|
蜈蚣
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| Shenyang
|
蜈蚣
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| Jinzhou
|
蜈蚣
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| Singapore
|
蜈蚣
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| Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
|
蜈蚣
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| Tangshan
|
蜈蚣
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| Cangzhou
|
蜈蚣
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| Baoding
|
蜈蚣
|
| Shijiazhuang
|
蜈蚣
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| Lijin
|
蜈蚣
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| Jinan
|
蜈蚣
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Dalian
|
蜈蚣
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| Dandong
|
蜈蚣
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| Yantai
|
蜈蚣
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| Yantai (Muping)
|
蜈蚣
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| Qingdao
|
蜈蚣
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| Zhucheng
|
蜈蚣
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
蜈蚣
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| Lingbao
|
蜈蚣
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| Jining
|
蜈蚣
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| Wanrong
|
千把子
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| Linfen
|
蜈蚣
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| Shangqiu
|
蜈蚣
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| Yuanyang
|
蜈蚣
|
| Zhengzhou
|
蜈蚣
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| Xinyang
|
蜈蚣
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| Baihe
|
蜈蚣
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| Xi'an
|
蜈蚣
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| Baoji
|
蜈蚣
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| Tianshui
|
蜈蚣
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| Xining
|
蜈蚣
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| Xuzhou
|
蜈蚣
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| Pizhou
|
曲蜓, 大曲蜓
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| Lianyungang (Ganyu)
|
蜈蚣
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| Donghai
|
蜈蚣
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| Fuyang
|
蜈蚣
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
|
蜈蚣, 毛扎扎
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| Lanzhou
|
蜈蚣
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| Dunhuang
|
蜈蚣
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| Hami
|
蜈蚣
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| Ürümqi
|
蜈蚣
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
蜈蚣, 蜈蚣蟲, 雷蚣蟲
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| Nanchong
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蜈蚣
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| Dazhou
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雷蚣蟲
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| Hanyuan
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龍蚣蟲
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| Xichang
|
蜈蚣
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| Zigong
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雷蚣蟲
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| Chongqing
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蜈蚣蟲, 雷蚣蟲
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| Wuhan
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蜈蚣, 多腳蟲
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| Yichang
|
蜈蚣
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| Xiangyang
|
蜈蚣
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| Tianmen
|
蜈蚣
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| Guiyang
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Zunyi
|
雷蚣蟲
|
| Bijie
|
雷蚣蟲
|
| Liping
|
蜈蚣
|
| Zhaotong
|
蜈蚣
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| Shuifu
|
雷蚣蟲
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| Daguan
|
雷蚣蟲
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| Dali
|
蜈蚣
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| Kunming
|
蜈蚣
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| Mengzi
|
蜈蚣
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| Guilin
|
蜈蚣
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| Liuzhou
|
蜈蚣
|
| Jishou
|
蜈蚣
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| Changde
|
蜈蚣
|
| Hanzhong
|
蜈蚣
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
蜈蚣
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| Yangzhou
|
百腳
|
| Baoying
|
百腳
|
| Taizhou
|
百腳
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| Zhenjiang
|
百腳
|
| Lianyungang
|
蜈蚣
|
| Huai'an (Huaiyin)
|
盧蚣
|
| Xuyi
|
盧蚣
|
| Nantong
|
百腳
|
| Rugao
|
百腳
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| Yancheng
|
百腳
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| Funing
|
蜈蚣
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| Sihong
|
盧蚣
|
| Anqing
|
蜈蚣
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| Wuhu
|
蜈蚣
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| Hefei
|
蜈蚣
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| Hong'an
|
蜈蚣, 雷骨蟲
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| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
百足, 雞蟲
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| Hong Kong
|
百足, 蜈蚣
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| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
|
百足
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| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
|
百足
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| Macau
|
百足
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
百足
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
百足
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
百足
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
百足
|
| Foshan
|
百足
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
百足
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
百足
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
百足
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
百足
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| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
百足
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
百足
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
百足
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
百足
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| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
百足
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
百足
|
| Taishan
|
百足
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
百足
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
百足
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
百足
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| Dongguan
|
炮足
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| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
百足
|
| Qingyuan
|
百足
|
| Fogang
|
蜈蚣
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| Yingde (Hanguang)
|
百足
|
| Yangshan
|
蜈蚣蟲
|
| Lianshan (Butian)
|
蜈蚣
|
| Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Shaoguan
|
百足
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
百足
|
| Renhua
|
百腳蛇
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| Lechang
|
百足, 蜈蚣蟲
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| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
百足
|
| Sihui
|
百足
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| Guangning
|
百足
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| Deqing
|
百足
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| Huaiji
|
百足, 蜈蚣蟲
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| Fengkai (Nanfeng)
|
蜈蚣
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| Yunfu
|
百足
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| Xinxing
|
百足
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| Luoding
|
百足
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| Yangjiang
|
百足
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| Xinyi
|
百足
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| Lianjiang
|
百足
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| Nanning
|
百足
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| Wuzhou
|
百足
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| Yulin
|
八足
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| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
百足, 百蟲
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| Hepu (Shatian)
|
百足
|
| Guiping
|
百足
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| Guiping (Mule)
|
百足
|
| Pingnan
|
百足
|
| Guigang (Gangcheng)
|
百足
|
| Guigang (Pingdong)
|
百足
|
| Beihai
|
百足
|
| Beihai (Nankang)
|
百足
|
| Beihai (Yingpan)
|
百足
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
百足
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| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
蜈蚣, 蜈蚣蟲
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| Lichuan
|
籠蚣
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| Pingxiang
|
蜈蚣查
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| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Xingning
|
蜈蚣蟲
|
| Dabu (Xihe)
|
蜈蚣蟲
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
壁𧐴
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| Huidong (Daling)
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蜈蚣蜞
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| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)
|
百足, 蜈蚣蟲
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| Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Wuhua (Shuizhai)
|
蜈蚣
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| Wuhua (Huacheng)
|
蜈蚣蟲
|
| Wuhua (Changbu)
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Wuhua (Mianyang)
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
壁𧐴
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| Wengyuan
|
𧓅蚣蟲
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| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
蜈蚣
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| Liannan
|
蜈蚣
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| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
蜈蚣
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| Jiexi
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Luhe
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Changting
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Longyan (Yongding)
|
蜈蚣蟲
|
| Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)
|
蜈蚣
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| Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding)
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蜈蚣蟲
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| Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding)
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蜈蚣蟲
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| Wuping
|
蜈蚣農
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| Wuping (Zhongshan)
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Wuping (Yanqian)
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Liancheng
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Liancheng (Peitian)
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Liancheng (Zhongbao)
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Liancheng (Laiyuan)
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蜈蚣
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| Ninghua
|
𧓅蚣蛇
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| Yudu
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Ningdu
|
蜈蚣蟲
|
| Ruijin
|
蜈蚣蟲
|
| Shicheng
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Tonggu (Sandu)
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Ganzhou (Panlong)
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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蜈蚣蟲
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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蜈蚣蟲, 𧿞蟲
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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蜈蚣蟲
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
蜈蚣, 蜈蚣蟲
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| Hong Kong
|
百足, 蜈蚣蟲
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| Yangxi (Tangkou)
|
百足
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| Yangchun (Sanjia)
|
百足
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| Xinyi (Sihe)
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蜈蚣
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| Xinyi (Qianpai)
|
百足
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| Gaozhou (Xindong)
|
百足
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| Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
|
百足
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| Huazhou (Xin'an)
|
百足
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| Lianjiang (Shijiao)
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黃公蟲
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| Lianjiang (Qingping)
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Luchuan
|
蜈蚣蟲
|
| Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Chengdu (Hexingchang)
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Weiyuan (Guanyingtan)
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Yilong (Ma'an)
|
蜈蚣
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| Xichang (Huanglianguan)
|
蜈蚣蟲
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| Sabah (Longchuan)
|
蜈蚣蟲
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)
|
蜈蚣
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| Senai (Huiyang)
|
蜈蚣蟲
|
| Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
|
蜈蚣蟲
|
| Singkawang
|
蜈蚣蟲
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
蜈蚣
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| Shexian
|
牛蚣
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| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
蜈蚣, 錢串子
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| Yangyuan
|
蜈蚣
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| Datong
|
蜈蚣
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| Xinzhou
|
蜈蚣
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| Lüliang (Lishi)
|
蜈蚣
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| Changzhi
|
蜈蚣
|
| Linhe
|
蜈蚣
|
| Jining
|
蜈蚣
|
| Hohhot
|
蜈蚣
|
| Erenhot
|
蜈蚣
|
| Pingshan
|
蜈蚣
|
| Zhangjiakou
|
蜈蚣
|
| Handan
|
蜈蚣
|
| Linzhou
|
蜈蚣
|
| Suide
|
蜈蚣
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
蛇蚣
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
紅蚣
|
| Fuqing
|
蜈蚣
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
蜈蚣
|
| Quanzhou
|
蜈蚣
|
| Zhangzhou
|
蜈蚣
|
| Taipei
|
蜈蚣
|
| Kaohsiung
|
蜈蚣
|
| Yilan
|
蜈蚣
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
蜈蚣
|
| Taichung
|
蜈蚣
|
| Taichung (Wuqi)
|
蜈蚣
|
| Tainan
|
蜈蚣
|
| Taitung
|
蜈蚣
|
| Hsinchu
|
蜈蚣
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
蜈蚣
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
蜈蚣
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
蜈蚣
|
| Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
蜈蚣
|
| Chaozhou
|
蜈蚣
|
| Shantou
|
蜈蚣
|
| Jieyang
|
蜈蚣
|
| Haifeng
|
蜈蚣
|
| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
蜈蚣
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
蜈蚣
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
蜈蚣
|
| Pontianak (Teochew)
|
蜈蚣
|
| Leizhou
|
蜈蚣
|
| Haikou
|
蜈蚣
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
蜈蚣
|
| Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
|
蜈蚣
|
| Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
|
蜈蚣
|
| Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
|
蜈蚣
|
| Xianyou
|
蜈蚣
|
| Xianyou (Fengting)
|
蜈蚣
|
| Xianyou (Youyang)
|
蜈蚣
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
百足
|
| Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
蜈蚣
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
百足
|
| Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
蜈蚣蛇
|
| Waxiang
|
Yuanling (Shaojiwan)
|
蜈蚣
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
百腳, 蜈蚣
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
紅蚣
|
| Suzhou
|
百腳
|
| Wuxi
|
百腳
|
| Changshu
|
百腳
|
| Nantong (Haimen)
|
蜈蚣
|
| Changzhou
|
百腳
|
| Danyang
|
百腳
|
| Nanjing (Gaochun)
|
蜈蚣
|
| Hangzhou
|
蜈蚣
|
| Ningbo
|
蜈蚣, 百腳
|
| Wenzhou
|
蜈蚣
|
| Jinhua
|
芒蚣
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
蜈蚣, 蜈蚣蟲
|
| Loudi
|
蜈蚣蟲
|
| Shuangfeng
|
蜈蚣蟲
|
| Quanzhou
|
蜈蚣叉, 蜈蚣
|
| Xiangnan Tuhua
|
Jiangyong
|
黃甘蠶
|
| Yuebei Tuhua
|
Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang)
|
鉗公蟲
|
| Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)
|
蜈蚣蟲
|
| Renhua (Zhoutian)
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八腳蛇
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| Renhua (Shitang)
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雷公蛇
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| Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou)
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鉗蜈蟲
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| Lechang (Changlai)
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雷公蛇
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| Lechang (Beixiang)
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蜈蚣蟲
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| Lechang (Huangpu)
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雷公蛇
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| Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)
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雷公蛇
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| Lechang (Sanxi)
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蜈蚣蛇
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Derived terms
See also
References
- “蜈蚣”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “蜈蚣”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 252.
Japanese
| Kanji in this term
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| 蜈
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蚣
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| むかで
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| Hyōgai
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Hyōgai
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| jukujikun
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| For pronunciation and definitions of 蜈蚣 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 蜈蚣, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Miyako
| Kanji in this term
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| 蜈
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蚣
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| Hyōgai
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Hyōgai
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Noun
蜈蚣 (nkaji)
- alternative spelling of 百足
Okinoerabu
| Kanji in this term
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| 蜈
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蚣
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| Hyōgai
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Hyōgai
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Noun
蜈蚣 (mukaji)
- alternative spelling of 百足
Tokunoshima
| Kanji in this term
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| 蜈
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蚣
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| Hyōgai
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Hyōgai
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Noun
蜈蚣 (nukade)
- alternative spelling of 百足
Vietnamese
Han character
蜈蚣
- chữ Hán form of ngô công (“centipede”)