蟲蟲
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Chinese[edit]
animal; insect | animal; insect | ||
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trad. (蟲蟲) | 蟲 | 蟲 | |
simp. (虫虫) | 虫 | 虫 | |
alternative forms | 爞爞 |
Etymology[edit]
Sino-Tibetan; cognate with 融 (OC *luŋ, “hot air, steam, heat”), Burmese လောင် (laung, “burn, scald”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
蟲蟲
- Alternative form of 爞爞
- to steam
- stifling; suffocating
- 旱既大甚、蘊隆蟲蟲。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Hàn jì dàshèn, yùn lóng tóngtóng. [Pinyin]
- The drought is excessive; its fervours become more and more tormenting.
旱既大甚、蕴隆虫虫。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]