蟊賊

Chinese

		Spanish fly; grain-eating grub	thief
trad. (蟊賊)		蟊	賊
simp. (蟊贼)		蟊	贼
alternative forms		蝥賊／蝥贼 蛑賊／蛑贼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máozéi, máozé

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄗㄟˊ, ㄇㄠˊ ㄗㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maau⁴ caak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máozéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄗㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máozéi
    • Wade–Giles: mao²-tsei²
    • Yale: máu-dzéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mautzeir
    • Palladius: маоцзэй (maoczɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡seɪ̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 毛賊／毛贼 蟊賊／蟊贼

      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máozé
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄗㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máozé
    • Wade–Giles: mao²-tsê²
    • Yale: máu-dzé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mautzer
    • Palladius: маоцзэ (maoczɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡sɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maau⁴ caak⁶
    • Yale: màauh chaahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maau⁴ tsaak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mao⁴ cag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːu̯²¹ t͡sʰaːk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: mjuw dzok

Rime
Character	蟊	賊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	德 (131)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	莫浮切	昨則切
Baxter	mjuw	dzok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨu/	/d͡zək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/miu/	/d͡zək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/miəu/	/d͡zək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muw/	/d͡zək̚/
Li Rong	/miu/	/d͡zək̚/
Wang Li	/mĭəu/	/d͡zək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ə̯u/	/d͡zʱək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	móu	zé
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mau4	zak6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mu  zɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	賊
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zéi
Middle Chinese	‹ dzok ›
Old Chinese	/*k.dzˁək/
English	injure; murderer, bandit
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	蟊	賊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	8815	16596
Phonetic component	矛	則
Rime group	幽	職
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	謀	賊
Old Chinese	/*mu/	/*zɯːɡ/

Noun

蟊賊

1. (Classical, literally) grain-eating insect

   • 去其螟螣，及其蟊賊，無害我田穉。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     去其螟螣，及其蟊贼，无害我田穉。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Qù qí míngtè, jí qí máozéi, wú hài wǒ tiántí. [Pinyin]

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2. (figuratively) person harmful to the country and the people

   • 天降罪罟，蟊賊內訌。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     天降罪罟，蟊贼内讧。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Tiān jiàng zuìgǔ, máozéi nèihòng. [Pinyin]

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   • 吾主漢朝皇叔，反不能占據州郡；其他皆漢之蟊賊，卻都恃強侵占地土：惟智者不平焉。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     吾主汉朝皇叔，反不能占据州郡；其他皆汉之蟊贼，却都恃强侵占地土：惟智者不平焉。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE

     Wú zhǔ Hàncháo huángshū, fǎn bùnéng zhànjù zhōujùn; qítā jiē Hàn zhī máozéi, què dōu shìqiáng qīnzhàn dìtǔ: wéi zhìzhě bùpíng yān. [Pinyin]

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   • 上天會不會嘉許我替世上剪除這一個戕害天性的蟊賊，不讓他繼續為非作惡？ [MSC, trad.]
     上天会不会嘉许我替世上剪除这一个戕害天性的蟊贼，不让他继续为非作恶？ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1943, Zhu Shenghao, 《漢姆萊脫》 (translation of Hamlet)

     Shàngtiān huì bùhuì jiāxǔ wǒ tì shìshàng jiǎnchú zhè yīge qiānghài tiānxìng de máozéi, bù ràng tā jìxù wéifēizuò'è? [Pinyin]

     And is't not to be damn'd to let this canker of our nature come in further euill?