蟲蟻

蟲蟻

Chinese

		animal; insect	ant
trad. (蟲蟻)		蟲	蟻
simp. (虫蚁)		虫	蚁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chóngyǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ ngai⁵
• Min Dong (BUC): tè̤ng-ngiê
• Min Nan (POJ): thâng-hiā / thâng-hiǎ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chóngyǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄧˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chorngyyi
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung⁴ ngai⁵
    • Yale: chùhng ngáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ ngai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ ngei⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ ŋɐi̯¹³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tè̤ng-ngiê
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰøyŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ŋiɛ²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâng-hiā
    • Tâi-lô: thâng-hiā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tanghia
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰaŋ²⁴⁻²² hia²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâng-hiǎ
    • Tâi-lô: thâng-hiǎ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰaŋ²⁴⁻²² hia²²/

Noun

蟲蟻

1. insects
2. (by extension) small creatures

Synonyms

• (insects): 昆蟲／昆虫 (kūnchóng); (formal, Min Nan) 蟲豸／虫豸 (chóngzhì); (Min Dong) 蟲囝／虫囝