Chinese

Noun

蚯蚓

1. earthworm   (Classifier: 條／条)

Descendants

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) みみず [mìmízú] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [mimizɯᵝ]

Noun

蚯蚓 ‎(counter 匹, hiragana みみず, katakana ミミズ, romaji mimizu) (alternative reading hiragana めめず, romaji memezu)

1. earthworm

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts, as ミミズ.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese compound 蚯蚓 ‎(khjuw yin^X, literally “earthworm + earthworm”). Compare modern Mandarin 蚯蚓 (qiūyǐn, “earthworm”).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) きゅういん [kyùúíń] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [kjɯᵝːĩɴ]

Noun

蚯蚓 ‎(hiragana きゅういん, romaji kyūin, historical hiragana きういん)

1. earthworm

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Noun

蚯蚓 • ‎(gu-in) ‎(hangeul 구인)

1. Hanja form^? of 구인, “earthworm”.