米蟲

See also: 米虫

Chinese

		rice; metre	animal; insect
trad. (米蟲)		米	蟲
simp. (米虫)		米	虫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): mǐchóng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ ㄔㄨㄥˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mi³ cong²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mí-chhùng
Northern Min (KCR): mì-tông
Eastern Min (BUC): mī-*tè̤ng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-thâng
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mi-zon
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): mi³ zhong²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǐchóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǐchóng
  - Wade–Giles: mi³-chʻung²
  - Yale: mǐ-chúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miichorng
  - Palladius: мичун (mičun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: mi³ cong²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: micung
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵³ t͡sʰoŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mí-chhùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: mi^ˋ cung^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mi³ cung²
  - Sinological IPA: /mi³¹ t͡sʰuŋ¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mì-tông
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁴² tʰɔŋ³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mī-*tè̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³³⁻²¹ tʰøyŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-thâng
  - Tâi-lô: bí-thâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: by'taang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰaŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰaŋ²³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶mi-zon
  - MiniDict: mi^去 zon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mi-zon
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mi²² zoŋ⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: mi³ zhong²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /mi⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ¹³/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /mi⁴¹ t͡sən¹³/

Noun

米蟲

Synonyms

(rice weevil): 米象 (mǐxiàng), 穀牛／谷牛 (gǔniú); (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Wu) 牛子 (niúzǐ); (Hokkien) 米𧉟, 米蚼; (Wu) 米蛀蟲／米蛀虫
(good-for-nothing): (Cantonese) 蛀米大蟲／蛀米大虫 (zyu⁵ mai⁵ daai⁶ cung⁴)