壁蝨

See also: 壁虱

Chinese

		wall; rampart	louse
trad. (壁蝨/壁虱)		壁	蝨/虱
simp. (壁虱)		壁	虱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìshī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄕ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bik¹ sat¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): bet² set²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piah-sat
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷piq-saq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìshī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìshih
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-shih¹
    • Yale: bì-shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihshy
    • Palladius: биши (biši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bik¹ sat¹
    • Yale: bīk sāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷ sat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: big¹ sed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵ sɐt̚⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: bet² set²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pet̚⁵⁵ set̚⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piah-sat
    • Tâi-lô: piah-sat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piahsad
    • IPA (Taipei): /pia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ sat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ sat̚³²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁷piq-saq
    • MiniDict: pih^入 sah
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴piq-saq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /piɪʔ³³ saʔ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: pek srit

Rime
Character	壁	蝨
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	錫 (127)	櫛 (51)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	北激切	所櫛切
Baxter	pek	srit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pek̚/	/ʃɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pek̚/	/ʃɪt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pɛk̚/	/ʃiet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pɛjk̚/	/ʂit̚/
Li Rong	/pek̚/	/ʃiĕt̚/
Wang Li	/piek̚/	/ʃĭet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/piek̚/	/ʂi̯æt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bi	she
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bik1	sat1

Noun

壁蝨

1. tick
2. bedbug

Synonyms

• (tick): 蜱 (pí), 蝨子／虱子 (shīzi)
• (bedbug):

Dialectal synonyms of 臭蟲 (“bedbug”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		臭蟲, 壁蝨, 蜰蟲, 蜰
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		臭蟲, 床蝨
Mandarin	Beijing	臭蟲
	Taiwan	臭蟲, 床蝨
	Bayanhot	壁蝨
	Harbin	臭蟲, 老臭
	Yantai (Muping)	壁蝨
	Jinan	臭蟲
	Luoyang	臭蟲
	Wanrong	壁蝨
	Zhengzhou	臭蟲
	Xi'an	臭蝨
	Yinchuan	臭臭
	Lanzhou	壁蝨, 臭蟲
	Xining	臭蝨
	Ürümqi	臭蝨
	Wuhan	臭蟲
	Huanggang	臭蝨
	Chengdu	臭蟲
	Guiyang	臭蟲
	Kunming	壁蝨
	Liuzhou	臭蟲
	Xuzhou	臭蟲
	Yangzhou	臭癟, 臭蟲
	Nanjing	臭蟲
	Hefei	臭蟲
	Nantong	壁蝨
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	臭蝨
Cantonese	Guangzhou	木蝨
	Hong Kong	木蝨, 床蝨
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	木蝨
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	木蝨
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	䗆蜱
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	䗆蜱
	Macau	木蝨
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	木蝨
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	木蝨
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	木蝨
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	木蝨
	Foshan	木蝨
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	木蝨
	Foshan (Shunde)	木蝨
	Foshan (Sanshui)	木蝨
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	木蝨
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	木蝨
	Zhongshan (Huancheng)	木蝨
	Zhongshan (Nanlang)	木蝨
	Zhongshan (Xiaolan)	木蝨
	Zhongshan (Dongsheng)	木蝨
	Zhongshan (Tanbei)	木蝨
	Zhongshan (Henglan)	木蝨
	Zhongshan (Dongfeng)	木蝨
	Zhongshan (Nantou)	木蝨
	Zhongshan (Fusha)	木蝨
	Zhongshan (Shalang)	木蝨
	Zhongshan (Gangkou)	木蝨
	Zhongshan (Huangpu)	木蝨
	Zhongshan (Sanjiao)	交蚍
	Zhongshan (Langwang)	木蝨
	Zhongshan (Minzhong)	木蝨
	Zhongshan (Guzhen)	交蚍
	Zhongshan (Banfu)	木蝨
	Zhongshan (Tanzhou)	木蝨
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	木蝨
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	交蚍, 木蝨
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	交蚍
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	交蚍
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	交蚍
	Taishan	交蚍
	Kaiping (Chikan)	交蚍
	Enping (Niujiang)	交蚍
	Heshan (Yayao)	木蝨
	Dongguan	木蝨
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	木蝨
	Qingyuan	木蝨
	Fogang	木蝨
	Yingde (Hanguang)	木蝨
	Yangshan	木蝨, 增蚍
	Lianshan (Butian)	卑蛆
	Shaoguan	木蝨
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	木蝨
	Renhua	孤蚍
	Lechang	木蝨
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	木蝨
	Sihui	木蝨
	Guangning	木蝨
	Deqing	木蝨
	Yunfu	木蝨
	Xinxing	木蝨
	Luoding	木蝨
	Yangjiang	木蝨
	Xinyi	木蝨
Lianjiang	木蝨
Nanning	木蝨
Wuzhou	木蝨
Yulin	木蝨, 蝨
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	木蝨
Gan	Nanchang	臭蟲
	Lichuan	臭蟲, 烏蜱
	Pingxiang	虼蜱
Hakka	Meixian	䗆蜱
	Xingning	䗆蜱
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	臭蟲, 䗆蜱
	Huiyang	䗆蜱
	Huidong (Daling)	䗆蜱
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	䗆蜱
	Boluo (Bendihua)	䗆蜱
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	䗆蜱
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	木蝨
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	䗆蜱
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	䗆蜱
	Wuhua (Changbu)	䗆蜱
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	䗆蜱
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	䗆蜱
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	䗆蜱
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	䗆蜱
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	䗆蜱
	Wengyuan	枯蜱
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	枯蜱
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	䗆蜱
	Liannan	枯蜱
	Conghua (Lütian)	枯蜱
	Jiexi	䗆蜱
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	䗆蜱
	Changting	䗆蜱
	Wuping	䗆蜱
	Wuping (Yanqian)	䗆蜱
	Wuping (Pingyu)	䗆蜱
	Liancheng	䗆蜱
	Ninghua	臭蟲
	Yudu	䗆蜱
	Ningdu	臭蟲
	Ruijin	臭蟲
	Shicheng	臭蟲
	Shangyou (Shexi)	臭蟲
	Tonggu (Sandu)	臭蟲
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	臭蟲
	Dayu	臭蟲
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	䗆蜱
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	䗆蜱
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	䗆蜱
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	䗆蜱
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	䗆蜱
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	䗆蜱
	Hong Kong	䗆蜱
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	木蝨
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	䗆蜱
	Xinyi (Sihe)	枯蜱
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	臭蟲
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	臭蟲
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	䗆蜱
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	木蝨
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	䗆蜱
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	䗆蜱
	Mengshan (Xihe)	臭蟲
	Luchuan	臭蟲
	Senai (Huiyang)	䗆蜱
	Singkawang	臭蟲
Huizhou	Jixi	木蝨, 臭蟲
Jin	Taiyuan	壁蝨, 臭蟲
	Pingyao	壁蝨
	Xinzhou	壁蝨
	Hohhot	臭蟲, 壁蝨
Northern Min	Jian'ou	木蝨
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	木蝨
	Fuqing	木蝨
Southern Min	Xiamen	木蝨
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	木蝨
	Quanzhou	木蝨
	Jinjiang	木蝨
	Yongchun	木蝨
	Zhangzhou	木蝨
	Yunxiao	木蝨
	Taipei	木蝨
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	木蝨
	Kaohsiung	木蝨
	Yilan	木蝨
	Changhua (Lukang)	木蝨
	Taichung	木蝨
	Tainan	木蝨
	Hsinchu	木蝨
	Kinmen	蛀龜
	Penghu (Magong)	蛀龜
	Penang (Hokkien)	木蝨
	Singapore (Hokkien)	木蝨
	Manila (Hokkien)	木蝨
	Longyan	木蝨
	Chaozhou	木蝨
	Shantou	木蝨
	Jieyang	木蝨
	Haifeng	木蝨
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	木蝨
	Leizhou	木蝨
	Wenchang	木蝨
	Haikou	木蝨
Puxian Min	Putian	木蝨
	Putian (Jiangkou)	木蝨
	Putian (Nanri)	木蝨
	Xianyou	木蝨
	Xianyou (Fengting)	木蝨
	Xianyou (Youyang)	木蝨
	Fuding (Aoyao)	木蝨
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	臭蟲, 木蝨
Shehua	Fu'an	木蝨
	Chaozhou	䗆蜱
	Fengshun	䗆蜱
Wu	Shanghai	臭蟲, 臭蝨, 壁蝨 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	臭蝨
	Suzhou	壁蝨, 臭蟲
	Wuxi	癟蝨
	Danyang	壁蝨, 臭蟲
	Hangzhou	臭蟲
	Ningbo	臭蟲
	Wenzhou	茭蝨
	Jinhua	臭蟲
Xiang	Changsha	臭蟲
	Loudi	臭蟲
	Shuangfeng	臭蟲

Japanese

壁蝨 (dani, tani): a tick.

壁蝨 (dani, tani): a clover mite.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
壁	蝨
だに
Grade: S	Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

Alternative spellings
蜱 蟎 螕

/tani/ → /dani/

From Old Japanese. Shift from earlier reading tani. This reading persists in some modern dialects.

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 壁蝨／壁虱 (bìshī). The characters literally mean 壁 (“wall”) + 蝨 (“louse”), as an indication that ticks and mites may be found on walls.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) だに​ [dàníꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [da̠ɲ̟i]

Noun

壁蝨(だに) or 壁蝨(ダニ) • (dani) 

1. a tick, a mite: any of various small parasitic arachnids of subclass Acari
2. (derogatory, figurative) a parasite, a layabout, a moocher: someone who lives off other people

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ダニ.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 真蜱(まだに) (madani): “true dani” → tick
• 毛蜱(けだに) (kedani): “hairy dani” → mite
• 葉蜱(はだに) (hadani): “leaf dani” → a red mite, a spider mite
• 羽壁蝨(はだに) (hadani): “wing dani” → a red mite, a spider mite
• 粉蜱(こなだに) (konadani): “powder dani” → a mold mite of family Acaridae

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
壁	蝨
たに
Grade: S	Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

The ancient form of dani above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ta̠ɲ̟i]

Noun

壁蝨(たに) • (tani) 

1. (obsolete) a tick, a mite: any of various small parasitic arachnids of subclass Acari