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虼蚻

虼蚻

Chinese

flea Aphrophora martima
simp. and trad.
(虼蚻)
alt. forms 虼蠽
虼蠘
加絕加绝
家𧑎
曱甴 more common in Cantonese

Noun

虼蚻

  1. (chiefly Min) cockroach

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蟑螂 (“cockroach”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 蜚蠊、䗅蜋、香娘子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 蟑螂
Mandarin Beijing 蟑螂
Taiwan 蟑螂
Shenyang 老蟑
Cantonese Guangzhou 曱甴
Hong Kong 曱甴小強
Taishan 曱甴
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 黃蚻
Liudui (S. Sixian) 黃蚻
Hsinchu (Hailu) 蜞蚻、蜞蚻仔
Dongshi (Dabu) 黃蚻
Zhuolan (Raoping) 蜞蚻、黃蚻
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 黃蚻
Min Nan Quanzhou 虼蚻
Xiamen 虼蚻
Zhangzhou 虼蚻
Taipei 虼蚻
Kaohsiung 虼蚻
Tainan 虼蚻
Taichung 虼蚻
Yilan 虼蚻
Lukang 虼蚻
Sanxia 虼蚻
Kinmen 虼蚻
Magong 虼蚻
Hsinchu 虼蚻
Malaysia 虼蚻
Chaozhou 虼蚻

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