螟蛉之子

Chinese

		green rice caterpillar; caterpillar of many species, such as the corn earworm or the small white butterfly	's; him/her/it; this	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (螟蛉之子)		螟蛉	之	子
simp. #(螟蛉之子)		螟蛉	之	子

Etymology

From the Classic of Poetry. See 螟蛉 (mínglíng) for more.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mínglíngzhīzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄓ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ ling⁴ zi¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mínglíngzhīzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄓ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mínglíngjhihzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-ling²-chih¹-tzŭ³
    • Yale: míng-líng-jr̄-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minglingjytzyy
    • Palladius: минлинчжицзы (minlinčžiczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ liŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ ling⁴ zi¹ zi²
    • Yale: mìhng lìhng jī jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ ling⁴ dzi¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ ling⁴ ji¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ lɪŋ²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 螟蛉之子

1. (figurative) adopted son; foster child