Chinese
Etymology
From Manchu ᠯᠠᡤᡠ (lagu, “mole cricket”).
Pronunciation
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 蝲蝲蛄
- (colloquial) mole cricket
聽蝲蝲蛄叫，還不種莊稼了？ [MSC, trad.]
听蝲蝲蛄叫，还不种庄稼了？ [MSC, simp.]- Tīng làlagǔ jiào, hái bù zhòng zhuāngjia le? [Pinyin]
- Hearing that there are mole crickets (crop-attacking insects) chirping [in the field], should you give up tilling the land altogether?
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
螻蛄 (“mole cricket”)
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| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Classical Chinese
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螻蛄, 𧕱, 螻螲
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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螻蛄
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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蝲蝲蛄
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| Taiwan
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螻蛄, 土狗
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| Harbin
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蝲蝲蛄
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| Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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螻蛄
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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螻蛄, 海陸空 humorous
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| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Wanrong
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螻蛄
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| Xining
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地狗子
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| Xuzhou
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螻蛄
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| Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
|
土狗子
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| Lanzhou
|
土狗子
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| Ürümqi
|
蝲蝲蛄
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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土狗兒, 土狗, 土狗子
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| Wuhan
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土狗子
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| Guiyang
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土狗崽, 土狗
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| Liuzhou
|
土狗
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
|
土狗子
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| Yangzhou
|
土狗子
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| Nantong
|
土狗兒, 土狗
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
|
土狗
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| Hong Kong
|
土狗
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| Dongguan
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草狗
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| Gan
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Nanchang
|
土狗子
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| Lichuan
|
土狗
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| Pingxiang
|
土狗子
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| Hakka
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Meixian
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土狗仔
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| Xingning
|
土狗哩
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| Huidong (Daling)
|
土八仔
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| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
土猴子
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| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
土狗
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| Changting
|
土猴哩, 土狗
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| Wuping
|
土狗子
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| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
土狗子
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| Liancheng
|
土狗
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| Ninghua
|
土狗子
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| Yudu
|
土狗子
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| Ruijin
|
兔狗子
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| Shicheng
|
土狗子
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| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
土狗子
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| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
蝲蛄
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| Pingyao
|
蝲蛄
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| Xinzhou
|
蝲蛄
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| Northern Min
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Jian'ou
|
沙猴仔
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
|
塗犬
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| Fuqing
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塗犬, 地鹿
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
|
杜猴
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| Quanzhou
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塗猴
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| Yongchun
|
塗猴
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| Zhangzhou
|
杜猴
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| Chaozhou
|
杜猴
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| Jieyang
|
杜猴
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| Leizhou
|
𫋐猴
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| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
螻蛄, 油葫蘆
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| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
螻蛄
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| Suzhou
|
螻蛄
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| Danyang
|
地鱉狗子, 土狗 suburbs
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| Hangzhou
|
地狗兒
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| Ningbo
|
地狗, 游蛄
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| Wenzhou
|
土狗
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| Jinhua
|
土狗, 水狗兒
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| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
土狗子
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