床虱

床虱

See also: 牀虱, 牀蝨, and 床蝨

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 床虱 – see 床蝨 (“bedbug”). (This term, 床虱, is the simplified and variant traditional form of 床蝨.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
床	虱
とこ Grade: S	しらみ > じらみ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

床 (toko, “bed”) +‎ 虱 (shirami, “louse”)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) とこじ​らみ [tòkójíꜜràmì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [to̞ko̞ʑiɾa̠mʲi]

Noun

床虱 (hiragana とこじらみ, katakana トコジラミ, rōmaji tokojirami)

1. bedbug

Synonyms

• (bedbug): 南京虫 (なんきんむし) (nankinmushi), 床虫 (とこむし) (tokomushi)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN