大水蟻

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	winged ant
trad. (大水蟻)		大	水蟻
simp. (大水蚁)		大	水蚁

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-súi-ngie / thai-súi-ngi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-chúi-hiā

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• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-súi-ngie
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai sui` ngie
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai<sup>4</sup> sui<sup>3</sup> ngie<sup>4</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ su̯i³¹ ŋi̯e⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-súi-ngie / thai-súi-ngi
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai sui` ngie / tai sui` ngi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ sui³ ngie⁴ / tai⁴ sui³ ngi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ su̯i³¹ ŋi̯e⁵⁵/, /tʰai̯⁵⁵ su̯i³¹ ŋi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-chúi-hiā
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-tsuí-hiā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxzuy'hia
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hia²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hia³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hia³³/

Noun

大水蟻

1. (Hakka, Hokkien) winged ant (usually appears before strong rain)

Synonyms

• 水蟻／水蚁 (shuǐyǐ)
• (Hokkien) 大水蝶, 大水蝶仔