壁蝨
See also: 壁虱
Chinese
editwall; rampart | louse | ||
---|---|---|---|
trad. (壁蝨/壁虱) | 壁 | 蝨/虱 | |
simp. (壁虱) | 壁 | 虱 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bik1 sat1
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): bet2 set2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piah-sat
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 7piq-saq
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄕ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bìshih
- Wade–Giles: pi4-shih1
- Yale: bì-shr̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihshy
- Palladius: биши (biši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bik1 sat1
- Yale: bīk sāt
- Cantonese Pinyin: bik7 sat7
- Guangdong Romanization: big1 sed1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɪk̚⁵ sɐt̚⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: bet2 set2
- Sinological IPA (key): /pet̚⁵⁵ set̚⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piah-sat
- Tâi-lô: piah-sat
- Phofsit Daibuun: piahsad
- IPA (Taipei): /pia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ sat̚³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ sat̚³²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: pek srit
Noun
edit壁蝨
Synonyms
editJapanese
editEtymology 1
editKanji in this term | |
---|---|
壁 | 蝨 |
だに | |
Grade: S | Hyōgai |
jukujikun |
Alternative spellings |
---|
蜱 蟎 螕 |
/tani/ → /dani/
From Old Japanese. Shift from earlier reading tani.[1][2] This reading persists in some modern dialects.
The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 壁蝨/壁虱 (bìshī). The characters literally mean 壁 (“wall”) + 蝨 (“louse”), as an indication that ticks and mites may be found on walls.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- a tick, a mite: any of various small parasitic arachnids of subclass Acari
- (derogatory, figurative) a parasite, a layabout, a moocher: someone who lives off other people
Usage notes
editAs with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ダニ.
Derived terms
editDerived terms
Etymology 2
editKanji in this term | |
---|---|
壁 | 蝨 |
たに | |
Grade: S | Hyōgai |
jukujikun |
The ancient form of dani above.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editReferences
editCategories:
- Chinese lemmas
- Mandarin lemmas
- Cantonese lemmas
- Taishanese lemmas
- Hokkien lemmas
- Wu lemmas
- Middle Chinese lemmas
- Chinese nouns
- Mandarin nouns
- Cantonese nouns
- Taishanese nouns
- Hokkien nouns
- Wu nouns
- Middle Chinese nouns
- Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chinese terms spelled with 壁
- Chinese terms spelled with 蝨
- zh:Parasites
- zh:True bugs
- Japanese terms spelled with 壁
- Japanese terms spelled with 蝨
- Japanese terms read with jukujikun
- Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese
- Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese
- Japanese terms spelled with jukujikun
- Japanese terms derived from Chinese
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with hyōgai kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
- Japanese derogatory terms
- Japanese terms with obsolete senses
- ja:Mites and ticks