蜻蜓

Chinese

		dragonfly	dragonfly
trad. (蜻蜓)		蜻	蜓
simp. #(蜻蜓)		蜻	蜓

蜻蜓

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “looks like there's some sort of reduplication”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngtíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ ting⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): chĭng-dìng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-thêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngtíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingtíng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-tʻing²
    • Yale: chīng-tíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingtyng
    • Palladius: цинтин (cintin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ tʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ ting⁴
    • Yale: chīng tìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ ting⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ ting⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰɪŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chĭng-dìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiŋ⁵⁵ ^(t-)niŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-thêng
    • Tâi-lô: tshing-thîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhengteeng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ tʰiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɪŋ²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsheng deng

Rime
Character	蜻	蜓
Reading #	2/2	2/3
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	倉經切	特丁切
Baxter	tsheng	deng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰeŋ/	/deŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰeŋ/	/deŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛŋ/	/dɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛjŋ/	/dɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰeŋ/	/deŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰieŋ/	/dieŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰieŋ/	/dʱieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qīng	tíng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cing1	ting4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰleːŋ  l'eːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜻	蜓
Reading #	2/2	2/3
No.	11363	12427
Phonetic component	生	廷
Rime group	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	靑	庭
Old Chinese	/*sʰleːŋ/	/*l'eːŋ/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 蜻蜓

1. dragonfly

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蜻蜓 (“dragonfly”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蜻, 蜻蜓, 蜻蛉, 虰蛵
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蜻蜓
Taxonomic name		蜻蜓
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	螞螂, 老琉璃, 琉璃, 蜻蜓
	Taiwan	蜻蜓
	Langfang	螞螂
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	螞螂兒
	Harbin	蜻蜓, 螞螂
	Shenyang	螞螂
	Singapore	蜻蜓
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	老褐, 老蜓
	Tangshan	螞螂
	Cangzhou	螞螂
	Baoding	螞螂
	Shijiazhuang	螞螂兒
	Jinan	蜻蜓
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	蜻蜓兒, 老老擔兒
	Qingdao	蜻蜓
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	虰虰
	Daming	抨抨砣
	Wanrong	棒槌
	Zhengzhou	虰虰, 麥虰虰
	Xi'an	螞螂
	Xining	蜻蜓
	Xuzhou	光光蜓
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	老虎招招
	Lanzhou	春官
	Ürümqi	蜻蜓
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	虰虰貓兒, 蜻蜓
	Wuhan	虰虰
	Guiyang	蜻蜓
	Kunming	蜻蜓
	Guilin	蜻蜓
	Guanyang	咩咩蛘
	Pingle	咩咩蛘
	Liuzhou	塘咩, 蜻蜓
	Luzhai	蜻蜓
	Tianlin (Langping)	沙蛘
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蜻蜻, 蜻蜓
	Yangzhou	蜻蜻子
	Nantong	䗌虰
	Hefei	蜻蜻, 蜻蜻子
	Huanggang	蜻雀兒
Mandarin	Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle)	螞螂
Cantonese	Guangzhou	塘尾
	Hong Kong	蜻蜓, 塘尾
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	囊蜊
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	囊蜺
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	囊蜊
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	囊蜊
	Macau	塘尾
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	塘尾
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	揚尾
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	囊泥
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	囊蜊
	Foshan	塘尾
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	塘尾
	Foshan (Shunde)	塘蜊
	Foshan (Sanshui)	塘尾
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	塘尾
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	塘尾
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	蟲尾
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	塘尾
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	囊蜺
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	郎里
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	囊蜺
	Taishan	黃尾
	Kaiping (Chikan)	黃蜺
	Enping (Niujiang)	禾狸
	Heshan (Yayao)	娘迷
	Dongguan	䗧蛜
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	塘泥
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	蜋蜺
	Qingyuan	黃尾池
	Fogang	囊泥
	Yingde (Hanguang)	楊眉池
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	蜻蜓
	Shaoguan	塘蜊
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	蜋尾
	Renhua	羅尾仔
	Lechang	塘尾, 後尾
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	塘尾
	Sihui	落尼
	Guangning	塘尼
	Deqing	塘尼
	Huaiji	蜋蜊
	Yunfu	塘尾
	Xinxing	塘尾
	Luoding	塘尼
	Yangjiang	朋蜺
	Xinyi	癩痢
	Maoming (Xinpo)	囊呢
	Nanning	塘咩
	Wuzhou	塘蜺
	Yulin	塘蜺
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	蜻蜓
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	塘尾
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	塘尾
Gan	Nanchang	虰虰, 蜻蜓
	Lichuan	港雞
	Pingxiang	揚尾
Hakka	Meixian	囊蜺仔, 囊蜺, 囊尾
	Xingning	黃咪哩
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	囊蜺
	Huiyang	黃蜺仔, 黃蜺
	Huidong (Daling)	黃蜺仔
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	黃蜺
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	黃蜺
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	黃你
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	黃尾哩, 娘尾哩
	Wuhua (Meilin)	囊蜺哩
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	囊蜺
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	龍蟻子
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	囊蜺
	Liannan	囊蜺
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	黃蜺
	Jiexi	囊蜺
	Changting	挪尾
	Wuping	羊必子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	揚尾子
	Liancheng	蒙里
	Ninghua	管胚
	Yudu	塘尾
	Ruijin	囊蟻子
	Shicheng	康雞
	Shangyou (Shexi)	塘子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	揚尾仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	揚尾仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	囊蜺仔, 揚尾仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	揚尾
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	囊蜺仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蛘蜺
	Hong Kong	黃蜺
	Luchuan	螗蜊
	Sabah (Longchuan)	囊蜺
	Senai (Huiyang)	囊蜺
Huizhou	Jixi	蜓蜓
Jin	Taiyuan	兒蜻
	Pingyao	水師婆
	Xinzhou	河蟢蟢
	Hohhot	蜻蜓
	Zhangjiakou	水池牌兒
	Handan	水蜓蜓
Northern Min	Jian'ou	刊魁
	Songxi	紅魁仔
	Zhenghe	狐狸仔
	Jianyang	刊魁仔, 刊魁
	Wuyishan	刊魁
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	螞蝴
	Fuzhou (Changle)	蜻胲
	Fuqing	茶茶娘
	Yongtai	蜻胲
	Gutian	蜻𧉪
	Fu'an	蜻𧉪
	Ningde	蜻𧉪娘
	Shouning	蜻𧉪
	Zhouning	蜻𧉪
	Fuding	蜻𧉪
	Matsu	螞蝴
Southern Min	Xiamen	田嬰
	Xiamen (Heshan)	𧌄嬰
	Quanzhou	田嬰
	Jinjiang	田嬰, 山蜊
	Anxi	含嬰
	Yongchun	田嬰
	Dehua	田嬰
	Zhangzhou	田嬰
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	田嬰
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	蜻咩
	Pinghe	田嬰
	Zhangpu	田嬰
	Zhao'an	山咩
	Dongshan	田嬰, 山咩 rural
	Taipei	𧌄嬰
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	田嬰
	Kaohsiung	田嬰
	Yilan	田嬰
	Changhua (Lukang)	田嬰
	Taichung	田嬰
	Taichung (Wuqi)	田嬰
	Tainan	田嬰
	Taitung	田嬰
	Hsinchu	田嬰
	Kinmen	田嬰
	Penghu (Magong)	田嬰
	Singapore (Hokkien)	田嬰
	Manila (Hokkien)	田嬰, 山蜊
	Longyan	羅離
	Zhangping	臭尼
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	新嬰
	Datian	翼嬰
	Chaozhou	𬠋𧌊
	Shantou	𬠋𧌊
	Shantou (Chenghai)	𬠋𧌊
	Jieyang	𬠋𧌊
	Haifeng	𬠋𧌊
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	𬠋𧌊
	Singapore (Teochew)	𬠋𧌊
	Leizhou	蛅蛉
	Wenchang	雙枒, 雙夏, 雙翼
	Haikou	蜻蜓
	Qionghai	雙枒, 雙翼
Puxian Min	Putian	淺咪叉, 淺咪叉蝦
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	木魚
Wu	Shanghai	蜻蜓
	Shanghai (Chongming)	新人
	Suzhou	蜻蜓
	Wuxi	蜻蜓
	Danyang	蜻蜓, 蜻蜓蜓, 蜓
	Hangzhou	蜻蜓
	Ningbo	蜻蜓
	Wenzhou	蜻蜓
	Jinhua	蜻蜓
Xiang	Changsha	洋咪咪
	Xiangtan	洋眯眯
	Loudi	洋咪咪
	Shuangfeng	洋洋蠛, 洋媽蠛

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
蜻	蜓
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
irregular

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

蜻蜓(やんま) or 蜻蜓(ヤンマ) • (yanma) 

1. large dragonfly, specifically hawker (dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
蜻	蜓
せい Hyōgaiji	てい Hyōgaiji
kan'on

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

蜻(せい)蜓(てい) or 蜻蜓(セイテイ) • (seitei) 

1. large dragonfly, specifically hawker (dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
蜻	蜓
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
irregular

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

1. 蜻蜓(とんぼ) or 蜻蜓(トンボ) • (tonbo) 
2. 蜻蜓(とんぼう) or 蜻蜓(トンボー) • (tonbō) 

1. Alternative spelling of 蜻蛉