蛀蟲

See also: 蛀虫

Chinese

		termite; to bore (of insects)	animal; insect
trad. (蛀蟲)		蛀	蟲
simp. (蛀虫)		蛀	虫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhùchóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chu-chhùng
• Northern Min (KCR): cṳ̿-tông
• Eastern Min (BUC): céu-tè̤ng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiù-thâng
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵tsy-zon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhùchóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhùchóng
    • Wade–Giles: chu⁴-chʻung²
    • Yale: jù-chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juhchorng
    • Palladius: чжучун (čžučun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chu-chhùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: zu cungˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zu⁴ cung²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡su⁵⁵ t͡sʰuŋ¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cṳ̿-tông
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sy³³ tʰɔŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: céu-tè̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(tʰ-)løyŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiù-thâng
    • Tâi-lô: tsiù-thâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciuo'taang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siu²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰaŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siu²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siu¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰaŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siu²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰaŋ²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsy-zon
    • MiniDict: tsy^去 zon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsr-zon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩³³ zoŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

蛀蟲

1. insect that eats into clothes, wood, books, etc. (Classifier: 隻／只 m)
2. (figuartively) vermin

Synonyms

• (insect): 蠹蟲／蠹虫 (dùchóng); (Hokkien) 剪蚻, 剪魚／剪鱼, 剪蟲／剪虫, 剪鼠, 剪魚仔／剪鱼仔, 蛀龜仔／蛀龟仔

Derived terms

• 書蛀蟲／书蛀虫 (shūzhùchóng)