蚱蜢

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (蚱蜢)		蚱	蜢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhàměng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚˋ ㄇㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaa³ maang^5-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chà-béng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhàměng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˋ ㄇㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhàměng
    • Wade–Giles: cha⁴-mêng³
    • Yale: jà-měng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jahmeeng
    • Palladius: чжамэн (čžamɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹ mɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaa³ maang^5-2
    • Yale: ja máang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa³ maang^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: za³ mang^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saː³³ maːŋ¹³⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chà-béng
    • Tâi-lô: tsà-bíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zarbeang
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sa²¹⁻⁵³ biɪŋ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsraek maengX

Rime
Character	蚱	蜢
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	陌 (113)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	側伯切	莫幸切
Baxter	tsraek	maengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃˠæk̚/	/mˠæŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂᵚak̚/	/mᵚaŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃak̚/	/maŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂaɨjk̚/	/maɨjŋX/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃɐk̚/	/mɐŋX/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃɐk̚/	/mɐŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂɐk̚/	/mɐŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhe	měng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zak1	mang5

Noun

蚱蜢

1. grasshopper

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蚱蜢 (“grasshopper”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蚱蜢
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	螞蚱
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	螞蚱
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	螞蚱
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	螞蚱
Gan	Pingxiang	蚱蟒
Hakka	Meixian	草蜢仔
Huizhou	Jixi	蚱免
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蚱螞, 蘆螞
Southern Min	Xiamen	草蜢
	Quanzhou	草蜢
	Zhangzhou	草蜢
	Taipei	草蜢公, 草蜢仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	草蜢公
	Kaohsiung	草蜢仔
	Yilan	草蜢, 草蜢公
	Changhua (Lukang)	草蜢, 草蜢公
	Taichung	草蜢仔
	Tainan	草蜢仔, 草蜢仔公
	Hsinchu	草蛉公, 草蜢仔
	Kinmen	草蛉
	Penghu (Magong)	草蛉
	Penang (Hokkien)	草蜢公
	Singapore (Hokkien)	草蜢公
Wu	Shanghai	蛤蜢
	Hangzhou	蛤蜢
Xiang	Changsha	蚱蜢子
	Loudi	蚱蜢子

• 螞蚱／蚂蚱 (màzha)
• (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew) 草蜢 (cǎoměng)