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蟲豸

蟲豸

See also: 虫豸

Chinese

		an animal; an invertebrate; a worm an animal; an invertebrate; a worm; an insect	(mythical animal)
trad. (蟲豸)		蟲	豸
simp. (虫豸)		虫	豸

Noun

蟲豸

(formal) insect
mean and worthless person (used as a curse word)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): chóngzhì

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄓˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ zi⁶
Min Nan (POJ): thâng-thǒa / thâng-thōa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: chóngzhì
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄓˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chongrjyh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cung⁴ zi⁶
  - Yale: chùhng jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ dzi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ t͡siː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâng-thǒa
  - Tâi-lô: thâng-thuǎ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰaŋ²⁴⁻²² tʰua²²/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâng-thōa
  - Tâi-lô: thâng-thuā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tangtoa
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰaŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰua³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰaŋ²³⁻³³ tʰua³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰaŋ²⁴⁻²² tʰua²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰaŋ¹³⁻²² tʰua²²/