柑蛘

Chinese

		large tangerine	a weevil found in rice, etc.
simp. and trad. (柑蛘)		柑	蛘

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gan¹ iên⁵

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• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gan¹ iên⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kaⁿ iêⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kã³³⁻²³ ĩẽ⁵⁵/

Noun

柑蛘

1. (Teochew) longhorn beetle; longicorn

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 牽牛／牵牛
• (Teochew) 蛀角蛘, 苦楝牛

Dialectal synonyms of 天牛 (“longhorn beetle; longicorn”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		天牛
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	天牛
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	老牛, 天牛
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	天牛郎
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	天牛
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	水牯牛
Gan	Nanchang	天牛
	Lichuan	天牛
Hakka	Meixian	山羊角, 仙牛角, 天牛
	Yudu	天牛
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	山牛牯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	天牛牯
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	天牛
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	天牛
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	山牛
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	山牛牯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	山牛精
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	山牛牯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	山牛牯
Huizhou	Jixi	天牛
Southern Min	Zhangzhou	牛犅螢
	Zhao'an	牛角𨂿
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	水牛, 水牛犅
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	水牛犅
	Kaohsiung	水牛
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	水牛
	Yilan (Luodong)	牛角𨂿
	Yilan (Toucheng)	牛角𨂿
	Tainan (Anping)	水牛犅
Xiang	Changsha	鐵牯牛