知了

Chinese

		to know; to be aware	to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
simp. and trad. (知了)		知	了
alternative forms		蜘蟟

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīliǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄌㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ liu⁵
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹tsy-liau₆

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīliǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄌㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihliǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-liao³
    • Yale: jr̄-lyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyleau
    • Palladius: чжиляо (čžiljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ liu⁵
    • Yale: jī líuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ liu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ liu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ liːu̯¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsy-liau₆
    • MiniDict: tsy^平 liau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsr-liau₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ liɔ²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sz̩⁴⁴ liæ/

Noun

知了

1. (colloquial) cicada

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蟬 (“cicada”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蟬, 蜩
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蟬
Taxonomic name		蟬
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	季鳥兒, 馬季, 伏天兒, 自拉子
	Taiwan	蟬, 知了
	Langfang	知了兒
	Chengde	知了兒
	Ulanhot	蟬
	Tongliao	蟬
	Chifeng	蟬, 知了兒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	蟬, 知了兒
	Heihe	蟬, 知了兒
	Qiqihar	蟬, 知了兒
	Harbin	蟬, 知了兒
	Jiamusi	知了兒
	Baicheng	知了兒
	Changchun	知了兒
	Tonghua	知了兒
	Shenyang	蟬, 知了
	Jinzhou	蟬, 知了兒, 伏涼兒
	Singapore	蟬
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	唧了兒
	Tangshan	麻唧了兒, 唧了兒
	Cangzhou	唧了兒
	Baoding	麻唧了兒
	Shijiazhuang	唧了兒, 惹兒惹兒
	Lijin	消息
	Jinan	知了, 稍錢兒, 截了
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dandong	知了
	Yantai	截溜兒
	Yantai (Muping)	遮了兒
	Qingdao	截溜
	Zhucheng	截溜
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	馬即了兒
	Lingbao	知老兒
	Jining	姐了
	Daming	馬即了兒
	Wanrong	吱嘮嘮, 蟬
	Linfen	蟬
	Shangqiu	蟬, 唧了子, 唧了
	Yuanyang	蟬, 知了兒
	Zhengzhou	麥知了
	Xinyang	馬唧了兒
	Baihe	知拉子
	Xi'an	知了, 知了兒
	Baoji	蟬, 知了
	Tianshui	蟬
	Xining	蟬
	Xuzhou	蛈蛚, 蟬
	Fuyang	蟬, 即了子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	秋蟬, 知了兒
	Bayanhot	蟬
	Lanzhou	蟬, 秋蟬
	Dunhuang	蟬
	Hami	蟬
	Ürümqi	蟬
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	蟬子
	Nanchong	蟬子, 唧拉子
	Dazhou	唧拉子
	Hanyuan	懶蟲子
	Xichang	蟬, 知了
	Zigong	蟬
	Chongqing	恩啊子
	Wuhan	知丫, 知衣, 知了, 嗟哩, 嗟林
	Yichang	蟬, 知了
	Xiangyang	蟬, 知了兒
	Tianmen	蟬, 知已子
	Guiyang	蟬
	Zunyi	拎啊子
	Bijie	牛螂螂
	Liping	唧唧丫丫
	Zhaotong	蟬, 知溜
	Dali	知了
	Kunming	蟬, 知了
	Mengzi	蟬
	Guilin	知了, 絲飛呀
	Guilin (Lingui)	吱喳蟲
	Liuzhou	唧喳蟲, 知了, 蟬
	Liuzhou (Luorong)	吱喳蟲
	Nanning (Wuming)	蟬, 知了
	Jishou	唧丫絲
	Changde	星米蟲兒
	Yongzhou	嘰呀屎
	Hanzhong	蟬, 知了子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	知了, 周了, 周流, 齋流
	Yangzhou	唧了子
	Lianyungang	姐溜, 剪溜, 熱死
	Lianshui	唧了
	Nantong	姐溜
	Anqing	遮娘子
	Wuhu	遮溜子
	Hefei	蟬, 知了, 遮溜子, 遮溜, 遮遮子
	Hong'an	蟬, 蠽如子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蟬, 沙蟬, 呦兒
	Hong Kong	蟬, 沙蟬
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	囊拈
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	囊寧
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	囊寧
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	禾寧, 齧牛
	Macau	蟬
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	沙蟬
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	囊寧
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	啞魚
	Foshan	丫蟬
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	吱吱
	Foshan (Shunde)	蟬, 吱吱
	Foshan (Sanshui)	啞蟬
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	蟬
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	秋蟬
	Zhongshan (Huancheng)	秋蟬, 蟬
	Zhongshan (Nanlang)	秋蟬, 蟬
	Zhongshan (Xiaolan)	吱吱, 吱
	Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan)	吱, 吱吱
	Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan)	吱, 吱吱
	Zhongshan (Henglan)	吱, 吱吱
	Zhongshan (Dongfeng)	吱吱, 吱
	Zhongshan (Nantou)	吱吱, 吱
	Zhongshan (Fusha)	吱, 吱吱
	Zhongshan (Shalang)	吱, 吱吱
	Zhongshan (Gangkou)	吱, 吱吱
	Zhongshan (Huangpu)	吱吱, 吱
	Zhongshan (Sanjiao)	螂蛉
	Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong)	吱吱, 吱
	Zhongshan (Minzhong)	吱吱, 吱
	Zhongshan (Guzhen)	蟬
	Zhongshan (Banfu)	蟬
	Zhongshan (Tanzhou)	蟬
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	青蟬
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	蟬
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	蟬
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	蟬
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	蟬
	Taishan	蟬
	Taishan (Guanghai)	蟬
	Kaiping (Chikan)	蟬
	Enping (Niujiang)	蟬
	Dongguan	䗧蜋
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	蟬公
	Qingyuan	羅寧
	Fogang	螂寧
	Yingde (Hanguang)	蟬仔
	Yangshan	螂寧
	Lianshan (Butian)	吱喳蟲
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	蟬
	Shaoguan	蟬
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	蟬仔
	Renhua	蟬
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	蟬
	Sihui	蟬仔
	Guangning	蟬仔
	Deqing	吱喳蟲
	Huaiji	螂寧
	Yunfu	蟬車
	Luoding	吱喳
	Yangjiang	蟬
	Xinyi	蟬謝
	Lianjiang	蟬謝
Nanning	吱喳蟲
Nanning (Tanka)	吱喳蟲
Wuzhou	吱喳蟲
Yulin	紡紗蟲
Hepu (Lianzhou)	知了
Guiping	吱喳蟲
Guiping (Mule)	吱喳蟲
Pingnan	吱喳蟲
Mengshan (Xihe)	吱喳蟲
Guigang (Gangcheng)	蟬
Guigang (Nanjiang)	吱喳蟲
Guigang (Pingdong)	風沙蟲
Beiliu (Tangliao)	吱喳蟲
Baise	吱喳蟲
Bobai	吱喳蟲
Lingshan	吱喳蟲
Pubei	吱喳蟲
Qinzhou	吱喳蟲
Beihai	蟬謝, 吱喳蟲, 知了, 蟬蟲
Beihai (Nankang)	蟬謝
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	蟬謝
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	蟬謝
Ningming	吱喳蟲
Hengzhou	吱喳蟲
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	吱喳蟲
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	蟬
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	蟬
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	蟬
Móng Cái	蟬子, 蟬蟲
Mandalay (Taishan)	蟬
Bangkok (Guangfu)	蟬
Gan	Nanchang	借落子
	Lichuan	縈縈位
	Pingxiang	蟬仔
Hakka	Meixian	蟬仔, 呀衣仔, 呀衣
	Xingning	謯𩑊哩
	Dabu (Xihe)	蟬仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	蟬
	Huidong (Daling)	蟬
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	蟬, 知焱
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	蟬
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	蟬子
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	蟬子
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	謯𩑊哩
	Wengyuan	蟬
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	蟬子
	Liannan	蟬
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	麻蟬
	Luhe	蟬
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	蟬子
	Changting	呀衣
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	蟬子
	Wuping	蟬子
	Wuping (Zhongshan)	蟬子
	Wuping (Yanqian)	蟬子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	蟬子
	Liancheng	呀衣
	Liancheng (Peitian)	呀衣
	Liancheng (Juxi)	呀衣
	Ninghua	蟬蟬子
	Yudu	蟬子
	Ruijin	呀蟻子
	Shangyou (Shexi)	蟬子
	Tonggu (Sandu)	蟬子
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	呀衣子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蟬仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蟬仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蟬仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蟬, 䗊䗊依
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蟬仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蟬
	Hong Kong	蟬, 知焱
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	蟬
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	蟬
	Xinyi (Sihe)	吱喳
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	吱喳蟲
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	蟬謝
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	蟬子
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	蟬謝
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	蟬
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	蟬
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	蟬子
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	吱喳蟲
	Mashan (Pianlian)	吱喳蟲
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	蟬
	Senai (Huiyang)	蟬
	Singkawang	蟬
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	蜘蟬
Huizhou	Jixi	知了
	Shexian	唧搖搖, 唧了
Jin	Taiyuan	蟬兒, 蟬, 秋蟬, 秋涼蟲
	Pingyao	秋涼蟲兒
	Yangyuan	蟬
	Datong	蟬
	Xinzhou	蟬兒
	Lüliang (Lishi)	蟬, 知了
	Changzhi	喔嚶嚓
	Taibus (Baochang)	蟬
	Linhe	蟬, 山叫螞子
	Jining	蟬
	Hohhot	蟬
	Baotou	蟬
	Dongsheng	蟬
	Haibowan	蟬
	Erenhot	蟬
	Pingshan	唧了兒
	Zhangjiakou	蟬, 知了兒
	Handan	蟬, 知了, 唧了兒
	Linzhou	唧了
	Suide	蟬
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蟬蚱
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	阿蛦, 阿蛦母
	Fuzhou (Changle)	阿蛦
	Fuqing	阿蛦
	Yongtai	阿蛦
	Gutian	喃喃吟
	Fu'an	蟬
	Ningde	蟬子哥
	Shouning	南蟬
	Zhouning	蟬
	Fuding	岩蟬
Southern Min	Xiamen	𧌄蜅蠐
	Quanzhou	洋飛獅
	Jinjiang	𧌄蜅蠐
	Hui'an	蜅蠐
	Yongchun	蟬
	Zhangzhou	𧌄栱蟬
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	𧌄啡蟬
	Zhangpu	大蛚
	Zhao'an	蛦蚜, 𧌄蜅蟬仔
	Dongshan	蛦蚜
	Taipei	𧌄蜅蠐, 蟬仔
	Taipei (Wanhua)	蟬仔
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	𧌄蜅蠐
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	吱蟬
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	蟬
	Kaohsiung	𧌄蜅蠐仔, 𧌄蜅蠐
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	𧌄蜅蠐
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	𧌄蜅蠐仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	𧌄蜅蠐仔
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	蟬
	Yilan	蟬
	Yilan (Toucheng)	蟬
	Changhua (Lukang)	𧌄蜅蠐, 青吱仔
	Taichung	蟬, 蛣蛚
	Taichung (Wuqi)	𧌄蜅蠐
	Tainan	𧌄蜅蠐, 蟬仔
	Tainan (Anping)	蟬仔
	Taitung	蟬
	Hsinchu	蟬蠳, 蛣蛚
	Kinmen	蟬仔, 大蛚, 𧌄蜅蠐
	Penghu (Magong)	蟬, 𧌄蜅蠐
	Penghu (Xiyu)	蟬, 𧌄蜅蠐
	Penang (Hokkien)	𧌄蜅蠐
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蟬, 𧌄蜅蠐
	Datian	蟬
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	吱喳蟲
	Pingnan (Sijie)	吱喳
	Pingle (Zhoutang)	蟬
	Yingde (Yuzui)	蟬
	Yunan (Liantan)	蟬
	Chaozhou	藥蜅蟬
	Shantou	藥蜅蟬, 悲蟬, 唪嗄, 蟬
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	蟬
	Jieyang	藥蜅蟬, 𧌄蜅蟬, 悲蟬
	Haifeng	𧌄啡蟬
	Bangkok (Teochew)	悲蟬
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	蟬
	Pontianak (Teochew)	𧌄啡蟬
	Leizhou	𧋎螺, 奄蠐
	Haikou	蟲娘
Puxian Min	Putian	蟬
Central Min	Yong'an	藏蠐
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	噝噝叫
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	蟬
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	喳喇蟲, 吱喳蟲
	Nanning (Shajing)	吱喳蟲
	Binyang (Xinqiao)	吱喳蟲
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	時吠爺
	Guilin (Chaoyang)	吱喳蟲
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	吱喳蟲
	Lingchuan (Tanxia)	吱喳蟲
Wu	Shanghai	知了, 柴蟬 dated, 野胡知
	Shanghai (Chongming)	知了
	Suzhou	知了, 洋師太, 藥師太
	Danyang	知吆, 洋知吆
	Hangzhou	知了兒
	Ningbo	蚱𧐖
	Wenzhou	知了
	Jinhua	嘰了
Xiang	Changsha	蟬蛉子, 知了
	Loudi	蟬蛉子
	Shuangfeng	蟬蛉子
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	吱喳蟲