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蜚蠊
蜚蠊
Chinese
| gad-fly | cockroach | ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
simp. and trad. (蜚蠊) |
蜚 | 蠊 | |
Noun
蜚蠊
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 | |
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 蜚 | 蠊 |
| Hyōgaiji | Hyōgaiji |
| Irregular | |
Etymology
The reading comes from 御器被り, which came from 御器 "dish" + 被り "biting". Up until the Meiji era, this used to be the word for "cockroach". Due to typographical errors, the か became omitted. The original form still exists today in certain dialects, and furthermore there are variations of it across dialects as well.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
Noun
蜚蠊 (hiragana ごきぶり, katakana ゴキブリ, romaji gokiburi)