虼螂

Chinese

simp. and trad. (虼螂)		虼	螂
alternative forms		虼蜋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gèláng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˋ ㄌㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gat¹ long⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gèláng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˋ ㄌㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gèláng
    • Wade–Giles: ko⁴-lang²
    • Yale: gè-láng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gehlang
    • Palladius: гэлан (gɛlan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵¹ lɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gat¹ long⁴
    • Yale: gāt lòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gat⁷ long⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ged¹ long⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐt̚⁵ lɔːŋ²¹/

Noun

虼螂

1. dung beetle

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蜣螂 (“dung beetle”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蜣螂, 虼螂
Taxonomic name		蜣螂
Mandarin	Beijing	屎殼郎
	Taiwan	蜣螂, 糞金龜
	Harbin	屎殼郎
	Yantai (Muping)	屎其亮
	Jinan	屎殼郎
	Luoyang	屎殼郎
	Wanrong	屎瓣蝸牛, 婆娘蝸牛
	Xi'an	屎巴牛
	Yinchuan	牛糞巴郎, 屎巴郎, 屎殼郎
	Lanzhou	屎爬牛, 屎殼郎
	Xining	屎巴牛
	Ürümqi	屎爬牛
	Wuhan	推屎蟲
	Chengdu	推屎爬兒, 推屎爬
	Guiyang	拱屎蟲, 屎殼郎
	Liuzhou	拱屎蟲
	Xuzhou	屎殼郎
	Yangzhou	屎殼郎子
	Nanjing	屎殼郎
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	屎爬牛
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	屎爬牛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	牛屎龜, 推屎蟲
	Dongguan	屎問蟲
Gan	Lichuan	憑屎牛
	Pingxiang	拱屎蟲, 屎殼郎
Hakka	Meixian	豬屎糞公, 牛屎蟲
	Yudu	牛屎蟲
	Shicheng	噴屎公
	Shangyou (Shexi)	牛屎蟲
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	逩屎蛄
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	逩屎公
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	逩屎蛄
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	豬屎逩蛄
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	逩屎蛄
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	牛屎蛄
Jin	Taiyuan	屎巴牛
	Xinzhou	屎巴牛
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	牛屎龜
Southern Min	Xiamen	牛屎龜
	Quanzhou	牛屎龜, 屎龜
	Zhangzhou	牛屎龜
	Chaozhou	牛屎核
	Shantou	牛屎龜
	Wenchang	牛屎烏
	Haikou	牛屎烏
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	金和尚, 鑽惡蟲
	Suzhou	屎殼郎, 推屎殼郎
	Danyang	屎殼郎, 拱屎蟲子
Xiang	Changsha	笨屎甲, 屎殼郎, 糞屎甲, 硬殼蟲, 滾屎蟲

Derived terms

• 虼螂皮