蟲仔

Chinese

		animal; insect	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (蟲仔)		蟲	仔
simp. (虫仔)		虫	仔

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ zai²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhùng-é
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thâng-á

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung⁴ zai²
    • Yale: chùhng jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhùng-é
    • Hakka Romanization System: cungˇ e`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cung² e³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰuŋ¹¹ e³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâng-á
    • Tâi-lô: thâng-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tang'ar
    • IPA (Philippines): /tʰaŋ²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰaŋ²³⁻³³ a⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰaŋ²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 蟲仔

1. (Cantonese) small insect
2. (Hakka, Hokkien) insect; bug

Descendants

• → Cebuano: tanga (“scorpion; careless; thoughtless; slow-minded; absent-minded; bumbling”)
• → Hiligaynon: tanga (“cockroach”)
• → Northern Catanduanes Bicolano: tanga (“ant”)
• → Tagalog: tanga (“idiot; fool; gullible person”)

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