蟊賊

Chinese

		Spanish fly; grain-eating grub	thief
trad. (蟊賊)		蟊	賊
simp. (蟊贼)		蟊	贼
alternative forms		蝥賊／蝥贼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máozéi, máozé

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄗㄟˊ, ㄇㄠˊ ㄗㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maau⁴ caak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máozéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄗㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máozéi
    • Wade–Giles: mao²-tsei²
    • Yale: máu-dzéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mautzeir
    • Palladius: маоцзэй (maoczɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡seɪ̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máozé
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄗㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máozé
    • Wade–Giles: mao²-tsê²
    • Yale: máu-dzé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mautzer
    • Palladius: маоцзэ (maoczɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡sɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maau⁴ caak⁶
    • Yale: màauh chaahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maau⁴ tsaak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mao⁴ cag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːu̯²¹ t͡sʰaːk̚²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 蟊賊

1. (literally) grain-eating insect
2. (figuratively) person harmful to the country and the people