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): ㄍㄣ ㄆㄧˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēnpìchóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄣ ㄆㄧˋ 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: ㄍㄣ ㄆㄧˋ 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

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

Synonyms

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