屎殼郎

Chinese

		stool; faeces	shell	youth
trad. (屎殼郎)		屎	殼	郎
simp. (屎壳郎)		屎	壳	郎

Etymology

From 屎 (shǐ, “faeces”); the latter two syllables are likely from a dialectal unstressed name for the insect, eventually cognate with 蜣螂 (qiāngláng) (*/k.laŋ/, "dung beetle").

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǐkelàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ˙ㄎㄜ ㄌㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si² hok³ long⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǐkelàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ˙ㄎㄜ ㄌㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhke̊làng
    • Wade–Giles: shih³-kʻo⁵-lang⁴
    • Yale: shř-ke-làng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyy.kelanq
    • Palladius: шикэлан (šikɛlan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴ kʰə⁴ lɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si² hok³ long⁴
    • Yale: sí hok lòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si² hok⁸ long⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi² hog³ long⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³⁵ hɔːk̚³ lɔːŋ²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 屎殼郎

1. dung beetle

Synonyms

• 虼螂 (gèláng)
• 蜣螂 (qiāngláng)
• (Min Nan) 牛屎龜／牛屎龟, 屎龜／屎龟, 牛屎核

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