蟲豸

See also: 虫豸

Chinese

	animal; insect	beast with long backbone; legless insect
trad. (蟲豸)	蟲	豸
simp. (虫豸)	虫	豸
alternative forms	蟲𧒴／虫𧒴 Hokkien 蟲拖／虫拖 Hokkien

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chóngzhì

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄓˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ zi⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thâng-thōa / thâng-thǒa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chóngzhì
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄓˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chóngjhìh
  - Wade–Giles: chʻung²-chih⁴
  - Yale: chúng-jr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chorngjyh
  - Palladius: чунчжи (čunčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cung⁴ zi⁶
  - Yale: chùhng jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ dzi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ ji⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ t͡siː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâng-thōa
  - Tâi-lô: thâng-thuā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tangtoa
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰaŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰua³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰaŋ²⁴⁻²² tʰua²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰaŋ²³⁻³³ tʰua³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰaŋ¹³⁻²² tʰua²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâng-thǒa
  - Tâi-lô: thâng-thuǎ
  - IPA (Jinjiang): /tʰaŋ²⁴⁻²² tʰua³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰaŋ²⁴⁻²² tʰua²²/

Noun

蟲豸

(formal or Hokkien) insect; bug
(derogatory) mean and worthless person (used as a curse word)
- 2005, Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation, 5th Republic (Chinese dub), episode 1, spoken by Kim Jae-gyu (Kim Hyung-il):
  
  閣下！和這樣的蟲豸在一起，怎麼能搞好政治呢？ [MSC, trad.]
  阁下！和这样的虫豸在一起，怎么能搞好政治呢？ [MSC, simp.]
  Géxià! Hé zhèyàng de chóngzhì zài yīqǐ, zěnme néng gǎo hǎo zhèngzhì ne? [Pinyin]
  Your excellency (Park Chung-hee)! How can you properly manage politics with such worthless person (Cha Ji-cheol)?

Synonyms

(insect): 昆蟲／昆虫 (kūnchóng)

Dialectal synonyms of 蟲子 (“insect; bug; worm (general term)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蟲, 蟲豸
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蟲, 蟲子
Mandarin	Beijing	蟲子, 蟲兒
	Tianjin	蟲子
	Chengde	蟲
	Tangshan	蟲
	Cangzhou	蟲子
	Baoding	蟲兒, 蟲子
	Shijiazhuang	蟲
	Chifeng	蟲子, 蟲
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	蟲
	Heihe	蟲子
	Qiqihar	蟲子
	Harbin	蟲子
	Jiamusi	蟲兒
	Baicheng	蟲
	Changchun	蟲子
	Tonghua	蟲子
	Shenyang	蟲子
	Dandong	蟲
	Jinzhou	蟲
	Dalian	蟲兒
	Yantai	蟲子
	Qingdao	蟲子
	Lijin	蟲子
	Zhucheng	蟲子
	Jinan	蟲, 蟲蟻兒
	Jining	蟲兒
	Wanrong	蟲
	Shangqiu	蟲
	Yuanyang	蟲
	Zhengzhou	蟲
	Lingbao	蟲
	Xinyang	蟲
	Baihe	蟲
	Hanzhong	蟲
	Xi'an	蟲
	Baoji	蟲
	Yinchuan	蟲
	Tianshui	蟲
	Lanzhou	蟲
	Dunhuang	蟲
	Xining	蟲
	Hami	蟲
	Ürümqi	蟲
	Wuhan	蟲
	Yichang	蟲
	Xiangyang	蟲
	Tianmen	蟲, 蟲豸
	Hong'an	蟲
	Chengdu	蟲蟲兒
	Nanchong	蟲
	Dazhou	蟲蟲兒
	Hanyuan	蟲
	Xichang	蟲
	Zigong	蟲
	Chongqing	蟲
	Guiyang	蟲蟲
	Zunyi	蟲
	Bijie	蟲
	Liping	蟲
	Zhaotong	蟲
	Dali	蟲
	Kunming	蟲
	Mengzi	蟲
	Guilin	蟲
Liuzhou	蟲
Jishou	蟲
Changde	蟲
Anqing	蟲
Xuzhou	蟲子, 蟲
Fuyang	蟲
Wuhu	蟲子, 蟲
Yangzhou	蟲
Lianyungang	蟲
Lianshui	蟲
Nanjing	蟲
Hefei	蟲
Nantong	蟲子, 蟲
Singapore	蟲
Cantonese	Hong Kong	蟲
Gan	Nanchang	蟲蟻子
Huizhou	Shexian	蟲
Jin	Taiyuan	蟲子, 牛牛
	Yangyuan	蟲子
	Datong	蟲
	Xinzhou	蟲子, 蟲蟲牛牛, 牛子, 牛牛子
	Lishi	蟲
	Linfen	蟲
	Changzhi	蟲子, 圪蟲兒
	Linhe	蟲子
	Jining	蟲, 圪蟲
	Hohhot	蟲, 圪蟲
	Erenhot	蟲子, 圪蟲
	Pingshan	蟲子
	Zhangjiakou	蟲子
	Handan	蟲子
	Linzhou	蟲
	Suide	蟲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蟲, 蟲蟻
Southern Min	Xiamen	蟲, 蟲蟻, 蟲豸
	Quanzhou	蟲蟻, 蟲豸
	Jinjiang	蟲豸
	Zhangzhou	蟲蟻, 蟲豸
	Tainan	蟲, 蟲豸
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蟲
Xiang	Changsha	蟲咬咬 childish

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蟲豸):

→ Korean: 충치(蟲豸) (chungchi)

Korean

Hanja in this term
蟲	豸

Noun

蟲豸 • (chungchi) (hangeul 충치)

Hanja form^? of 충치 (“mean and worthless person”).

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