蟲子

See also: 虫子

Chinese

		animal; insect	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (蟲子)		蟲	子
simp. (虫子)		虫	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chóngzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˊ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chóngzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chóngzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: chʻung²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: chúng-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chorng.tzy
    • Palladius: чунцзы (čunczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cung⁴ zi²
    • Yale: chùhng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 松子 蟲子／虫子

Noun

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1. insect and worm in general

   我見過的蟲子有毛毛蟲、蚯蚓、西瓜蟲、蜘蛛、蜈蚣，還有螞蟻。 [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
   我见过的虫子有毛毛虫、蚯蚓、西瓜虫、蜘蛛、蜈蚣，还有蚂蚁。 [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]

   Wǒ jiàn guo de chóngzi yǒu máormaorchóngr, qiūyǐn, xīguāchóngr, zhīzhū, wúgong, háiyǒu mǎyǐ. [Pinyin]

   The insects and worms I have seen are caterpillar, earthworm, pill bug, spider, centipede and ant.

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