菜蟲

Chinese

		dish (type of food); vegetables	animal; insect
trad. (菜蟲)		菜	蟲
simp. (菜虫)		菜	虫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): càichóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi³ cung⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhoi-chhùng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhài-thâng
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tshe-zon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: càichóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: càichóng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai⁴-chʻung²
    • Yale: tsài-chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaychorng
    • Palladius: цайчун (cajčun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi³ cung⁴
    • Yale: choi chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi³ tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi³ cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhoi-chhùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: coi cung^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: coi⁴ cung²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰuŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhài-thâng
    • Tâi-lô: tshài-thâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhae'taang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰaŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰaŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰaŋ²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tshe-zon
    • MiniDict: tshe^去 zon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshe-zon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰe³³ zoŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

菜蟲

1. cabbageworm
2. (Taiwan) person who monopolizes the market and exploits vegetable farmers for profit