米蛀蟲

Chinese

		rice; metre	termite; to bore (of insects)	animal; insect
trad. (米蛀蟲)		米	蛀	蟲
simp. (米蛀虫)		米	蛀	虫

Pronunciation

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶mi-tsy-zon

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• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶mi-tsy-zon
    • MiniDict: mi^去 tsy zon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mi-tsr-zon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mi²² t͡sz̩⁵⁵ zoŋ²¹/

Noun

米蛀蟲

1. (Wu) rice weevil
2. (Wu, figurative) good-for-nothing; freeloader

Synonyms

• (rice weevil): 米蟲／米虫 (mǐchóng), 米象 (mǐxiàng), 穀牛／谷牛 (gǔniú); (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Wu) 牛子 (niúzǐ); (Hokkien) 米𧉟, 米蚼