磕頭蟲

Chinese

		to kowtow; to kneel and bow low enough to touch one's forehead to the ground	animal; insect
trad. (磕頭蟲)		磕頭	蟲
simp. (磕头虫)		磕头	虫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kētóuchóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ ㄊㄡˊ ㄔㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hap⁶ tau⁴ cung⁴
• Jin (Wiktionary): kah^4-5 tou¹ cung¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷kheq-deu-zon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kētóuchóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ ㄊㄡˊ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ketóuchóng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo¹-tʻou²-chʻung²
    • Yale: kē-tóu-chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ketourchorng
    • Palladius: кэтоучун (kɛtoučun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hap⁶ tau⁴ cung⁴
    • Yale: hahp tàuh chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹ tau⁴ tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heb⁶ teo⁴ cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚² tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: kah^4-5 tou¹ cung¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /kʰxaʔ²⁻⁵⁴ tʰxəu¹¹ t͡sʰũŋ¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁷kheq-deu-zon
    • MiniDict: kheh^入 deu zon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴kheq-deu-zon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰəʔ³³ dɤ⁵⁵ zoŋ²¹/

Noun

磕頭蟲

1. click beetle; elater
2. (Shanghainese) one who lowers their head when sleeping upright

Synonyms

• 叩頭蟲／叩头虫 (kòutóuchóng)
• (Hokkien) 嘀斗