書蟲

Chinese

		book; letter	animal; insect
trad. (書蟲)		書	蟲
simp. (书虫)		书	虫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shūchóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄔㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu¹ cung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shūchóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuchóng
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹-chʻung²
    • Yale: shū-chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuchorng
    • Palladius: шучун (šučun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu¹ cung⁴
    • Yale: syū chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy¹ tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu¹ cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

Noun

書蟲

1. silverfish
2. (figuratively) bookworm

Synonyms

• (silverfish):

• 壁魚／壁鱼 (bìyú)
• 書蛀蟲／书蛀虫 (shūzhùchóng)
• 白魚／白鱼 (báiyú)
• 紙魚／纸鱼 (zhǐyú)
• 蛀 (zhù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 蛀書蟲／蛀书虫
• 蠹 (dù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 蠹魚／蠹鱼 (dùyú)
• 衣蟲／衣虫 (yīchóng)
• 衣魚／衣鱼 (yīyú)

 

Related terms

• 書呆子／书呆子 (shūdāizi)