米蟲

See also: 米虫

Chinese

		rice; metre	animal; insect
trad. (米蟲)		米	蟲
simp. (米虫)		米	虫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǐchóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ ㄔㄨㄥˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-thâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǐchóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǐchóng
    • Wade–Giles: mi³-chʻung²
    • Yale: mǐ-chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miichorng
    • Palladius: мичун (mičun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-thâng
    • Tâi-lô: bí-thâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: by'taang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰaŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰaŋ²³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 米蟲

1. rice weevil
2. (figurative) good-for-nothing; freeloader

Synonyms

• (rice weevil): 米象 (mǐxiàng), 穀牛／谷牛 (gǔniú); (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Wu) 牛子 (niúzǐ)