水蠆

See also: 水虿

Chinese

		water; river	(scorpion); an insect
trad. (水蠆)		水	蠆
simp. (水虿)		水	虿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐchài

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄔㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² caai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐchài
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄔㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěichài
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-chʻai⁴
    • Yale: shwěi-chài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeichay
    • Palladius: шуйчай (šujčaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² caai³
    • Yale: séui chaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² tsaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² cai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʰaːi̯³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 水蠆

1. the nymph or naiad of a dragonfly or damselfly

See also

• 蜻蜓 (qīngtíng, “dragonfly”)
• 豆娘 (dòuniáng, “damselfly”)
• 稚蟲／稚虫

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	蠆
Grade: 1	Hyōgai
irregular

Noun

水蠆(やご) or 水蠆(ヤゴ) • (yago) 

1. the nymph or naiad of a dragonfly

See also

• 蜻蛉(トンボ) (tonbo): "dragonfly"
• 幼虫(ようちゅう) (yōchū): "larva, nymph, naiad"