螟蛉子

螟蛉子

Chinese

		green rice caterpillar; caterpillar of many Lepidoptera species, such as the corn earworm or the small white butterfly	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
trad. (螟蛉子)		螟蛉	子
simp. #(螟蛉子)		螟蛉	子

Etymology

See 螟蛉 (mínglíng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mínglíngzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄗˇ

• Min Nan (POJ): bêng-lêng-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mínglíngzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄗˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minglingtzyy
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mínglíngzǐh
    • IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ liŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-lêng-chú
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-lîng-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: benglengzuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² liɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ liɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/

Noun

螟蛉子

1. (literary, figuratively) adopted son; adoptive children