蜂窩

See also: 蜂窝

Chinese

		bee; wasp	nest
trad. (蜂窩)		蜂	窩
simp. (蜂窝)		蜂	窝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): fēngwō

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄨㄛ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fong¹ o¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ wo¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): feng¹ ve¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): pŭng-*uŏ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hong-o / phang-o

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēngwō
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fongwo
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-wo¹
    • Yale: fēng-wō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenguo
    • Palladius: фэнво (fɛnvo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ wɔ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēngwōr
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄨㄛㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fongwor
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-wo¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: fēng-wōr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenguol
    • Palladius: фэнвор (fɛnvor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ wɔɻ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: fong¹ o¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fungo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /foŋ⁵⁵ o⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung¹ wo¹
    • Yale: fūng wō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ wo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ wo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ wɔː⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: feng¹ ve¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /fə̃ŋ¹¹ vɤ¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: pŭng-*uŏ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuŋ⁵⁵ uo⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-o
    • Tâi-lô: hong-o
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hong'oy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² o⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ o³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phang-o
    • Tâi-lô: phang-o
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phang'oy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɤ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ o⁴⁴/

Noun

蜂窩

1. honeycomb (structure of cells made by bees)
2. (figurative) honeycomb-like porous shape

   蜂窩煤／蜂窝煤  ―  fēngwōméi  ―  honeycomb briquette

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蜂窩 (“honeycomb, beehive”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蜂窩, 蜂巢
Mandarin	Harbin	蜂窩
	Yantai (Muping)	蜂子窩
	Jinan	蜂窩, 蜂子窩
	Luoyang	蜂窩
	Wanrong	蜂窩
	Yinchuan	蜂窩
	Ürümqi	蜂窩
	Chengdu	蜂窩, 蜂子窩窩
	Guiyang	蜂窩
	Xuzhou	蜂窩
	Yangzhou	蜂窩
	Nanjing	蜂窩
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蜂竇
	Hong Kong	蜂竇, 蜂巢, 蜜蜂竇
	Dongguan	蜂竇
Gan	Lichuan	蜂藪
	Pingxiang	蜂子窠
Hakka	Meixian	蜂巢, 蜂竇
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蜂竇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蜂竇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蜂竇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蜂竇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蜂竇
Huizhou	Jixi	蜂窠
Jin	Taiyuan	蜂巢, 蜂窩
	Xinzhou	蜂兒窩
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蜂巢
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蜂宿, 蜂窩
Southern Min	Xiamen	蜂岫
	Quanzhou	蜂岫
	Jinjiang	蜂岫
	Zhangzhou	蜂岫
	Tainan	蜂岫 GT
	Manila (Hokkien)	蜂岫
	Shantou	蜂岫, 蜂竇
	Leizhou	蜂岫
	Haikou	蜂岫
Puxian Min	Putian	蜂岫
	Putian (Donghai)	蜂岫
	Putian (Jiangkou)	蜂岫
	Putian (Nanri)	蜂岫
	Xianyou	蜂岫
	Xianyou (Fengting)	蜂岫
	Xianyou (Youyang)	蜂岫
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	蜂竇
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蜂竇
Wu	Shanghai	蜂窠
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蜂窠
	Wenzhou	蜂窠
	Jinhua	蜂窠
Xiang	Changsha	蜂窠子
	Loudi	蜂窠
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

• 蜂窩數據／蜂窝数据
• 蜂窩煤／蜂窝煤 (fēngwōméi)
• 蜂窩胃／蜂窝胃 (fēngwōwèi)