跟屁蟲

See also: 跟屁虫

Chinese

		to follow; to go with; heel to follow; to go with; heel; with; and	to break wind; to fart	animal; insect
trad. (跟屁蟲)		跟	屁	蟲
simp. (跟屁虫)		跟	屁	虫
Literally: “buttocks-following insect”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gēnpìchóng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄣㄆㄧˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gan¹ pei³ cung⁴
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹ken-phi-zon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gēnpìchóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄣㄆㄧˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: genpìchóng
  - Wade–Giles: kên¹-pʻi⁴-chʻung²
  - Yale: gēn-pì-chúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: genpihchorng
  - Palladius: гэньпичун (gɛnʹpičun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kən⁵⁵ pʰi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (跟屁蟲兒／跟屁虫儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gēnpìchóngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄣㄆㄧˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: genpìchóngr
  - Wade–Giles: kên¹-pʻi⁴-chʻung²-ʼrh
  - Yale: gēn-pì-chúngr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: genpihchorngl
  - Palladius: гэньпичунр (gɛnʹpičunr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kən⁵⁵ pʰi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊ̃ɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gan¹ pei³ cung⁴
  - Yale: gān pei chùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gan¹ pei³ tsung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gen¹ péi³ cung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn⁵⁵ pʰei̯³³ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ¹ken-phi-zon
  - MiniDict: ken^平 phi zon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ken-phi-zon
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kən⁵⁵ pʰi³³ zoŋ²¹/

Noun

跟屁蟲

(colloquial) someone that follows another one all the time
(colloquial, derogatory) yes man; flatterer; sycophant

Synonyms

(yes man): 好好先生 (hǎohǎo xiānsheng), 應聲蟲／应声虫 (yìngshēngchóng)

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