伊蚊

Chinese

		phonetic	mosquito
simp. and trad. (伊蚊)		伊	蚊

Etymology

From translingual Aedes + 蚊 (wén, “mosquito”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ man^4-1

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiwún
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-wên²
    • Yale: yī-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iwen
    • Palladius: ивэнь (ivɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji¹ man^4-1
    • Yale: yī mān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ man^4-1
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ men^4-1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ mɐn²¹⁻⁵⁵/

Noun

伊蚊

1. any mosquito in the genus Aedes

Synonyms

• 黑斑蚊 (hēibānwén)
• (Hokkien) 烏跤蠓／乌跤蠓, 烏紗蠓／乌纱蠓, 烏叮蠓／乌叮蠓

Derived terms

• 埃及伊蚊 (āijí yīwén)
• 白紋伊蚊／白纹伊蚊 (báiwén yīwén)