屎蟲

Chinese

		stool; faeces	animal; insect
trad. (屎蟲)		屎	蟲
simp. (屎虫)		屎	虫

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si² cung⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): sai² tang⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si² cung⁴
    • Yale: sí chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si² tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi² cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sai² tang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sái thâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰaŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

屎蟲

1. (Cantonese, Teochew) maggot

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蛆蟲 (“maggot”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蛆蟲
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	蛆蚜子
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	蛆蚜子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	屎蟲, 屎坑蟲
Hakka	Meixian	𫋂仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蠕屎蟲, 屎缸蟲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蠕屎蟲, 屎缸蟲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	屎缸蟲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蠕屎蟲, 屎缸蟲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蠕屎蟲, 屎缸蟲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	屎缸蟲
Southern Min	Xiamen	屎礐蟲
	Quanzhou	屎礐蟲
	Zhangzhou	屎礐蟲
	Taipei	屎礐仔蟲
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	屎龜, 蛆
	Kaohsiung	屎礐仔蟲, 便所蟲
	Yilan	屎礐仔蟲
	Changhua (Lukang)	屎礐仔蟲
	Taichung	屎礐仔蟲
	Tainan	屎礐仔蟲
	Hsinchu	屎礐仔蟲
	Kinmen	屎礐蟲
	Penghu (Magong)	屎礐仔蟲
	Shantou	屎蟲
Xiang	Changsha	蛆婆子
	Loudi	蛆婆子