火暝蟲
Chinese
fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving | (Min Nan) night | animal; insect | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (火暝蟲) | 火 | 暝 | 蟲 | |
| simp. (火暝虫) | 火 | 暝 | 虫 | |
| variant forms | 火芒蟲／火芒虫 | |||
Pronunciation
Noun
火暝蟲
- (Teochew) firefly; lightning bug; glowworm
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 螢火蟲 (“firefly”) [map] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
| Classical Chinese | 螢 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 螢火蟲 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 螢火蟲 |
| Taiwan | 螢火蟲 | |
| Jinan | 螢火蟲 | |
| Xi'an | 明火蟲 | |
| Wuhan | 亮火蟲 | |
| Chengdu | 亮火蟲 | |
| Yangzhou | 螢火蟲子, 火螢蟲子 | |
| Hefei | 火螢蟲 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 螢火蟲 |
| Hong Kong | 螢火蟲 | |
| Taishan | 螢火仔 | |
| Yangjiang | 蚊火仔 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 夜火蟲 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 火炎蟲 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 火焰蟲 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 火焰蟲 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 火焰蟲 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 火焰蟲 | |
| Hsinchu (Raoping) | 火焰蟲 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 火焰蟲 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 螢火蟲, 明牛牛 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 火螢蟲 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 藍尾星 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 火金蛄, 火焰蛄 |
| Quanzhou | 火螢 | |
| Jinjiang | 火螢 | |
| Zhangzhou | 火金蛄 | |
| Taipei | 火金蛄 | |
| Kaohsiung | 火金星, 火金蛄 | |
| Tainan | 火金星 | |
| Taichung | 火金蛄 | |
| Hsinchu | 火金蛄 | |
| Lukang | 火金蛄 | |
| Sanxia | 火金星 | |
| Yilan | 火金蛄 | |
| Kinmen | 火金星, 紅娘仔 | |
| Penang | 火金星 | |
| Chaozhou | 火暝蛄, 火暝 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 螢火蟲, 游火蟲 dated |
| Suzhou | 游火蟲 | |
| Wenzhou | 火螢光光 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 螢火蟲, 夜火蟲 |
| Shuangfeng | 夜火蟲 | |