應聲蟲

應聲蟲

Chinese

		to respond; to answer; to utter a sound in response	animal; insect
trad. (應聲蟲)		應聲	蟲
simp. (应声虫)		应声	虫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìngshēngchóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄥ ㄔㄨㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yìngshēngchóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄥ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqshengchorng
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìngshengchóng
    • IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: yìngshēngchóngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄥ ㄔㄨㄥˊㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqshengchorngl
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìngshengchóngr
    • IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊ̃ɻ³⁵/

Noun

應聲蟲

1. (figuratively, derogatory) yes man; one who always parrots other people's ideas; opinionless person

Synonyms

• 跟屁蟲／跟屁虫 (gēnpìchóng)
• 好好先生 (hǎohǎo xiānsheng)