毛蟲

毛蟲

See also: 毛虫

Chinese

		hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar	animal; insect
trad. (毛蟲)		毛	蟲
simp. (毛虫)		毛	虫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): máochóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄔㄨㄥˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): мочун (močun, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ cung⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): mô͘-thâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: máochóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mauchorng
    • IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: máochóngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄔㄨㄥˊㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mauchorngl
    • IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊ̃ɻ³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: мочун (močun, I-I)
    • IPA ^(key): /mɔː²⁴ t͡ʂʰuŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ cung⁴
    • Yale: mòuh chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ cung⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 毛蟲／毛虫 無從／无从

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-thâng
    • Tâi-lô: môo-thâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mo'taang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² tʰaŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² tʰaŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² tʰaŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰaŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³⁻³³ tʰaŋ²³/

Noun

毛蟲

1. caterpillar (Classifier: 條／条 m)

Synonyms

• 毛毛蟲／毛毛虫 (máomaochóng)
• (Min Nan) 狗仔蟲／狗仔虫, 毛狗仔蟲／毛狗仔虫, 刺毛蟲／刺毛虫, 生毛蟲／生毛虫

See also

• 蝴蝶 (húdié)
• 蛾 (é)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
毛	蟲

Noun

毛蟲 • (mochung) (hangeul 모충)

1. Hanja form^? of 모충 (“caterpillar”).