瓢蟲
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See also: 瓢虫
Chinese[edit]
dipper; ladle | animal; insect | ||
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trad. (瓢蟲) | 瓢 | 蟲 | |
simp. (瓢虫) | 瓢 | 虫 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
瓢蟲
- ladybird; ladybug (Classifier: 隻/只)
- (Mainland China, neologism, derogatory) man who takes pleasure in hiring prostitutes or is disposed to do so
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 瓢蟲 (“ladybird, ladybug”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 瓢蟲 | |
Mandarin | Harbin | 花大姐 |
Yantai (Muping) | 花大姐 | |
Jinan | 花大姐 | |
Wanrong | 花花媳婦 | |
Xi'an | 花裹肚兒 | |
Ürümqi | 花媳婦兒, 花大姐 | |
Wuhan | 花殼子蟲, 殼子蟲 | |
Chengdu | 瓢蟲, 花姑娘兒 | |
Guiyang | 花姑娘 | |
Liuzhou | 瓢蟲 | |
Yangzhou | 瓢蟲, 花烏龜 | |
Nanjing | 花和尚 | |
Cantonese | Dongguan | 花姑娘 |
Hakka | Meixian | 花蘿蟲 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 花蛄仔 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 花大姐 |
Xinzhou | 花媳婦兒 | |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 烏龜仔 |
Quanzhou | 烏龜仔 | |
Zhangzhou | 烏龜仔 | |
Tainan | 珠仔龜 GT | |
Chaozhou | 紅先生 | |
Jieyang | 紅先生 | |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 瓢蟲 |
Wu | Suzhou | 花姑娘 |
Danyang | 花姑娘 | |
Hangzhou | 瓢瓢蟲兒 | |
Ningbo | 瓢蟲 | |
Jinhua | 花烏龜兒, 硬殼蟲 | |
Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |
Derived terms[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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瓢 | 蟲 |
てんとうむし | |
Jinmeiyō | Hyōgaiji |
jukujikun |
For pronunciation and definitions of 瓢蟲 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 瓢蟲, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (瓢虫) of the above term.) |
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