夏蟲

See also: 夏虫

Chinese

		summer; Xia (proper name)	animal; insect
trad. (夏蟲)		夏	蟲
simp. (夏虫)		夏	虫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàchóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ cung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàchóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàchóng
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-chʻung²
    • Yale: syà-chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahchorng
    • Palladius: сячун (sjačun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ cung⁴
    • Yale: hah chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

Noun

夏蟲

1. (literary) “summer insects”; insects that are active only during summer

   • 夏蟲也為我沉默，沉默是今晚的康橋。 [MSC, trad.]
     夏虫也为我沉默，沉默是今晚的康桥。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1928, 徐志摩 (Xu Zhimo), 再別康橋 (Saying Good-bye to Cambridge Again)

     Xiàchóng yě wèi wǒ chénmò, chénmò shì jīnwǎn de Kāngqiáo. [Pinyin]

     Even the summer insects mute themselves for me, that is how I found Cambridge this night.

Derived terms

• 夏蟲不可語冰／夏虫不可语冰 (xiàchóng bùkě yǔ bīng)
• 夏蟲朝菌／夏虫朝菌