瓢蟲

See also: 瓢虫

Chinese

		dipper; ladle	animal; insect
trad. (瓢蟲)		瓢	蟲
simp. (瓢虫)		瓢	虫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): piáochóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠˊ ㄔㄨㄥˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): piao² cong²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): piu⁴ cung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piáochóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠˊ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piáochóng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻiao²-chʻung²
    • Yale: pyáu-chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyauchorng
    • Palladius: пяочун (pjaočun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: piao² cong²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: piaocung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiau²¹ t͡sʰoŋ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: piu⁴ cung⁴
    • Yale: pìuh chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: piu⁴ tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: piu⁴ cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːu̯²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

Noun

瓢蟲

1. ladybird; ladybug (Classifier: 隻／只)
2. (Mainland China, neologism, derogatory) man who takes pleasure in hiring prostitutes or is disposed to do so

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 瓢蟲 (“ladybird, ladybug”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		瓢蟲
Mandarin	Harbin	花大姐
	Yantai (Muping)	花大姐
	Jinan	花大姐
	Wanrong	花花媳婦
	Xi'an	花裹肚兒
	Ürümqi	花媳婦兒, 花大姐
	Wuhan	花殼子蟲, 殼子蟲
	Chengdu	瓢蟲, 花姑娘兒
	Guiyang	花姑娘
	Liuzhou	瓢蟲
	Yangzhou	瓢蟲, 花烏龜
	Nanjing	花和尚
Cantonese	Dongguan	花姑娘
Hakka	Meixian	花蘿蟲
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	花蛄仔
Jin	Taiyuan	花大姐
	Xinzhou	花媳婦兒
Southern Min	Xiamen	烏龜仔
	Quanzhou	烏龜仔
	Zhangzhou	烏龜仔
	Tainan	珠仔龜 GT
	Chaozhou	紅先生
	Jieyang	紅先生
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	瓢蟲
Wu	Suzhou	花姑娘
	Danyang	花姑娘
	Hangzhou	瓢瓢蟲兒
	Ningbo	瓢蟲
	Jinhua	花烏龜兒, 硬殼蟲
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

• 七星瓢蟲／七星瓢虫 (qīxīng piáochóng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
瓢	蟲
てんとうむし
Jinmeiyō	Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 瓢蟲 – see the following entry.

【天道虫てんとうむし】 [noun] a ladybird (UK), ladybug (US), lady beetle (any beetle of family Coccinellidae) [noun] Synonym of 並瓢虫 (namitentō): an Asian lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis Alternative spellings てんとう虫, 瓢虫, 紅娘, テントウムシ

(This term, 瓢蟲, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (瓢虫) of the above term.)