螻蟻

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Chinese[edit]

mole-cricket; Gryllotalpa africona ant
trad. (螻蟻) 螻 蟻
simp. (蝼蚁) 蝼 蚁
alternative forms 螻螘

Pronunciation[edit]

Rime
Character 螻 蟻
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 侯 (137) 支 (13)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 落侯切 魚倚切
Baxter luw ngjeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ləu/ /ŋˠiᴇX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ləu/ /ŋᵚiɛX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ləu/ /ŋiɛX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ləw/ /ŋjiə̆X/
Li
Rong 		/lu/ /ŋjeX/
Wang
Li 		/ləu/ /ŋǐeX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/lə̯u/ /ŋie̯X/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lóu yǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lau4 ji5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蟻
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yǐ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ngjeX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*m-qʰ(r)ajʔ/
English ant

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 螻 蟻
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 8458 13049
Phonetic
component 		婁 我
Rime
group 		侯 歌
Rime
subdivision 		0 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		樓 螘
Old
Chinese 		/*roː/ /*ŋralʔ/
Notes 同螘本作蛾此見孫子

Noun[edit]

螻蟻

  1. mole crickets and ants
  2. (by extension) tiny creatures
  3. (figuratively) petty, powerless people

Derived terms[edit]

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