孑孓
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See also: 𡤼孒
Chinese
[edit]alone; mosquito larvae; small | larvae of mosquito | ||
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simp. and trad. (孑孓) |
孑 | 孓 | |
alternative forms | 𡤼孒 孑孒 蛣蟩 |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Mosquito_larva.jpg/150px-Mosquito_larva.jpg)
Glyph origin
[edit]Via deformations of the character 子 (“child”). The individual characters originally meant “without a right arm” and “without a left arm” (Shuowen Jiezi).
Etymology
[edit]Related to 詰屈 (“bending; twisting”) (Wang Niansun).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiéjyué
- Wade–Giles: chieh2-chüeh2
- Yale: jyé-jywé
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyejyue
- Palladius: цзецзюэ (czeczjue)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: kit3 kyut3
- Yale: kit kyut
- Cantonese Pinyin: kit8 kyt8
- Guangdong Romanization: kid3 küd3
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰiːt̚³ kʰyːt̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: kjet kjwot|kjut|kjowngX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ked kʷad|kʷɯd|kʷoŋʔ/
Noun
[edit]孑孓
Synonyms
[edit]Dialectal synonyms of 孑孓 (“wriggler; wiggler; mosquito larva”) [map]
Adjective
[edit]孑孓
- (ideophonic, obsolete, of an animal's body) bending and stretching
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