Chinese [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
From 屎 (shǐ , “faeces”); the latter two syllables are likely from a dialectal unstressed name for the insect, eventually cognate with 蜣螂 ( qiāngláng ) (*/k.laŋ/ , "dung beetle").
Pronunciation [ edit ]
屎殼郎
dung beetle
Synonyms [ edit ]
Dialectal synonyms of
蜣螂 (“dung beetle”)
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Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
蜣螂 , 虼螂
Taxonomic name
蜣螂
Mandarin
Beijing
屎殼郎
Taiwan
蜣螂 , 糞金龜
Harbin
屎殼郎
Yantai (Muping)
屎其亮
Jinan
屎殼郎
Luoyang
屎殼郎
Wanrong
屎瓣蝸牛 , 婆娘蝸牛
Xi'an
屎巴牛
Yinchuan
牛糞巴郎 , 屎巴郎 , 屎殼郎
Lanzhou
屎爬牛 , 屎殼郎
Xining
屎巴牛
Ürümqi
屎爬牛
Wuhan
推屎蟲
Chengdu
推屎爬兒 , 推屎爬
Guiyang
拱屎蟲 , 屎殼郎
Liuzhou
拱屎蟲
Xuzhou
屎殼郎
Yangzhou
屎殼郎子
Nanjing
屎殼郎
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
屎爬牛
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)
屎爬牛
Cantonese
Guangzhou
牛屎龜 , 推屎蟲
Dongguan
屎問蟲
Gan
Lichuan
憑屎牛
Pingxiang
拱屎蟲 , 屎殼郎
Hakka
Meixian
豬屎糞公 , 牛屎蟲
Yudu
牛屎蟲
Shicheng
噴屎公
Shangyou (Shexi)
牛屎蟲
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
逩屎蛄
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
逩屎公
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
逩屎蛄
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
豬屎逩蛄
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
逩屎蛄
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
牛屎蛄
Jin
Taiyuan
屎巴牛
Xinzhou
屎巴牛
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
牛屎龜
Southern Min
Xiamen
牛屎龜
Quanzhou
牛屎龜 , 屎龜
Zhangzhou
牛屎龜
Chaozhou
牛屎核
Shantou
牛屎龜
Wenchang
牛屎烏
Haikou
牛屎烏
Wu
Shanghai (Chongming)
金和尚 , 鑽惡蟲
Suzhou
屎殼郎 , 推屎殼郎
Danyang
屎殼郎 , 拱屎蟲子
Xiang
Changsha
笨屎甲 , 屎殼郎 , 糞屎甲 , 硬殼蟲 , 滾屎蟲