屎蟲

Chinese

		stool; faeces	animal; insect
trad. (屎蟲)		屎	蟲
simp. (屎虫)		屎	虫

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si² cung⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): sai² tang⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si² cung⁴
    • Yale: sí chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si² tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi² cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sai² tang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sái thâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰaŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

屎蟲

1. (Cantonese, Teochew) maggot

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蛆蟲 (“maggot”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蛆蟲
Mandarin	Xi'an	蛆蚜子
	Ürümqi	蛆蚜子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	屎蟲, 屎坑蟲
Hakka	Meixian	𫋂仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蠕屎蟲, 屎缸蟲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蠕屎蟲, 屎缸蟲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	屎缸蟲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蠕屎蟲, 屎缸蟲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蠕屎蟲, 屎缸蟲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	屎缸蟲
Southern Min	Xiamen	屎礐蟲
	Quanzhou	屎礐蟲
	Zhangzhou	屎礐蟲
	Taipei	屎礐仔蟲
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	屎龜, 蛆
	Kaohsiung	屎礐仔蟲, 便所蟲
	Yilan	屎礐仔蟲
	Changhua (Lukang)	屎礐仔蟲
	Taichung	屎礐仔蟲
	Tainan	屎礐仔蟲
	Hsinchu	屎礐仔蟲
	Kinmen	屎礐蟲
	Penghu (Magong)	屎礐仔蟲
	Shantou	屎蟲
Xiang	Changsha	蛆婆子
	Loudi	蛆婆子