壁蝨
See also: 壁虱
Chinese
wall; rampart | louse | ||
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trad. (壁蝨/壁虱) | 壁 | 蝨/虱 | |
simp. (壁虱) | 壁 | 虱 |
Pronunciation
Noun
壁蝨
- tick
- bedbug
Synonyms
- (tick): 蜱 (pí), 蝨子/虱子 (shīzi)
Dialectal synonyms of 臭蟲 (“bedbug”) [map] | ||
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Variety | Location | Words edit |
Classical Chinese | 臭蟲, 壁蝨, 蜰蟲, 蜰 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 臭蟲, 床蝨 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 臭蟲 |
Taiwan | 臭蟲, 床蝨 | |
Harbin | 臭蟲, 老臭 | |
Bayanhot | 壁蝨 | |
Jinan | 臭蟲 | |
Muping | 壁蝨 | |
Luoyang | 臭蟲 | |
Wanrong | 壁蝨 | |
Xi'an | 臭蝨 | |
Zhengzhou | 臭蟲 | |
Xining | 臭蝨 | |
Xuzhou | 臭蟲 | |
Yinchuan | 臭臭 | |
Lanzhou | 壁蝨, 臭蟲 | |
Ürümqi | 臭蝨 | |
Wuhan | 臭蟲 | |
Huanggang | 臭蝨 | |
Chengdu | 臭蟲 | |
Guiyang | 臭蟲 | |
Liuzhou | 臭蟲 | |
Kunming | 壁蝨 | |
Yangzhou | 臭癟, 臭蟲 | |
Nanjing | 臭蟲 | |
Hefei | 臭蟲 | |
Nantong | 壁蝨 | |
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 臭蝨 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 木蝨 |
Hong Kong | 木蝨 | |
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 木蝨 | |
Foshan | 木蝨 | |
Shunde | 木蝨 | |
Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 木蝨 | |
Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) | 木蝨 | |
Doumen | 交蚍, 木蝨 | |
Taishan | 交蚍 | |
Kaiping (Chikan) | 交蚍 | |
Dongguan | 木蝨 | |
Shaoguan | 木蝨 | |
Yunfu | 木蝨 | |
Yangjiang | 木蝨 | |
Xinyi | 木蝨 | |
Lianjiang | 木蝨 | |
Kuala Lumpur | 木蝨 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 臭蟲 |
Lichuan | 臭蟲, 烏蜱 | |
Pingxiang | 虼蜱 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 䗆蜱 |
Xingning | 䗆蜱 | |
Huidong (Daling) | 䗆蜱 | |
Qujiang | 枯蜱 | |
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 䗆蜱 | |
Changting | 䗆蜱 | |
Pingyu | 䗆蜱 | |
Wuping | 䗆蜱 | |
Liancheng | 䗆蜱 | |
Ninghua | 臭蟲 | |
Yudu | 䗆蜱 | |
Ruijin | 臭蟲 | |
Shicheng | 臭蟲 | |
Shangyou | 臭蟲 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 䗆蜱 | |
Liudui (S. Sixian) | 䗆蜱 | |
Hsinchu (Hailu) | 䗆蜱 | |
Dongshi (Dabu) | 䗆蜱 | |
Hsinchu (Raoping) | 䗆蜱 | |
Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 䗆蜱 | |
Hong Kong | 䗆蜱 | |
Senai | 䗆蜱 | |
Huizhou | Jixi | 木蝨, 臭蟲 |
Jin | Taiyuan | 壁蝨, 臭蟲 |
Pingyao | 壁蝨 | |
Xinzhou | 壁蝨 | |
Hohhot | 臭蟲, 壁蝨 | |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 木蝨 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 木蝨 |
Fuqing | 木蝨 | |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 木蝨 |
Quanzhou | 木蝨 | |
Zhangzhou | 木蝨 | |
Taipei | 木蝨 | |
Kaohsiung | 木蝨 | |
Tainan | 木蝨 | |
Taichung | 木蝨 | |
Hsinchu | 木蝨 | |
Lukang | 木蝨 | |
Sanxia | 木蝨 | |
Yilan | 木蝨 | |
Kinmen | 蛀龜 | |
Magong | 蛀龜 | |
Penang | 木蝨 | |
Philippines (Manila) | 木蝨 | |
Chaozhou | 木蝨 | |
Shantou | 木蝨 | |
Haifeng | 木蝨 | |
Johor Bahru | 木蝨 | |
Wenchang | 木蝨 | |
Haikou | 木蝨 | |
Leizhou | 木蝨 | |
Puxian Min | Putian | 木蝨 |
Xianyou | 木蝨 | |
Pinghua | Nanning | 臭蟲, 木蝨 |
Shehua | Fu'an | 木蝨 |
Chaozhou | 䗆蜱 | |
Fengshun | 䗆蜱 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 臭蟲, 臭蝨, 壁蝨 dated |
Suzhou | 壁蝨, 臭蟲 | |
Wuxi | 癟蝨 | |
Hangzhou | 臭蟲 | |
Wenzhou | 茭蝨 | |
Chongming | 臭蝨 | |
Danyang | 壁蝨, 臭蟲 | |
Jinhua | 臭蟲 | |
Ningbo | 臭蟲 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 臭蟲 |
Shuangfeng | 臭蟲 | |
Loudi | 臭蟲 |
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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壁 | 蝨 |
Grade: S | Hyōgaiji |
Irregular |
Etymology 1
/tani/ → /dani/
From Old Japanese. Shift from earlier reading tani.[1][2] This reading persists in some modern dialects.
The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 壁蝨. The characters literally mean 壁 (“wall”) + 蝨 (“louse”), as an indication that ticks and mites may be found on walls.
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) だに [dàníꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[2]
- IPA(key): [da̠ɲ̟i]
Alternative forms
- 蜱, 蟎
Noun
壁蝨 (hiragana だに, katakana ダニ, rōmaji dani)
- a tick, a mite: any of various small parasitic arachnids of subclass Acari
- (derogatory, figuratively) a parasite, a layabout, a moocher: someone who lives off other people
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as ダニ.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 真蜱 (madani): “true dani” → tick
- 毛蜱 (kedani): “hairy dani” → mite
- 葉蜱 (hadani): “leaf dani” → a red mite, a spider mite
- 羽壁蝨 (hadani): “wing dani” → a red mite, a spider mite
- 粉蜱 (konadani): “powder dani” → a mold mite of family Acaridae
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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壁 | 蝨 |
たに Grade: S | Hyōgaiji |
kun’yomi |
The ancient form of dani above.
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- IPA(key): [ta̠ɲ̟i]
Noun
壁蝨 (hiragana たに, rōmaji tani)
- (obsolete) a tick, a mite: any of various small parasitic arachnids of subclass Acari
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN