蜈蚣

Chinese

		centipede
trad. (蜈蚣)		蜈	蚣
simp. #(蜈蚣)		蜈	蚣
alternative forms		吳公／吴公 牙蚣 Min Nan

蜈蚣。

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): wúgōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄥ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wu² gong¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁴ gung¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'u⁴ gung¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): vu¹ gung¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): giâ-kang

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ghê⁵ gang¹ / ghou⁵ gang¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶wu-kon
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): u² gong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúgōng → wúgong (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄥ → ㄨˊ ˙ㄍㄨㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúgo̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-kung⁵
    • Yale: wú-gung
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wu.gong
    • Palladius: угун (ugun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/ → /u³⁵ g̊ʊŋ³/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: wu² gong¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ugung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vu²¹ koŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁴ gung¹
    • Yale: ǹgh gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁴ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁴ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'u⁴ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈu³⁵ kuŋ⁴²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: vu¹ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /vu¹¹ kũŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giâ-kang
    • Tâi-lô: giâ-kang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gia'kafng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡia¹³⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡia²³⁻³³ kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡia²⁴⁻¹¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡia²⁴⁻²² kaŋ³³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /ɡia²⁴⁻²¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡia²⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ghê⁵ gang¹ / ghou⁵ gang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gê kang / gôu kang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡe⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kaŋ³³/, /ɡou⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kaŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶wu-kon
    • MiniDict: wu^去 kon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhu-kon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²² koŋ⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: u² gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /u¹³ kʊŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /u¹³ kən³³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngu kuwng

Rime
Character	蜈	蚣
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	五乎切	古紅切
Baxter	ngu	kuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋuo/	/kuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋuo/	/kuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋo/	/kuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɔ/	/kəwŋ/
Li Rong	/ŋo/	/kuŋ/
Wang Li	/ŋu/	/kuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋuo/	/kuŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú	gōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ng4	gung1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋʷaː  kloːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜈	蚣
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	13095	4093
Phonetic component	吳	公
Rime group	魚	東
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	吾	公
Old Chinese	/*ŋʷaː/	/*kloːŋ/
Notes	廣雅作吳公

Noun

蜈蚣

1. centipede (an arthropod belonging to the class Chilopoda) (Classifier: 條／条 m c; 隻／只 mn)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蜈蚣 (“centipede”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蜈蚣, 百足, 螂蛆
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蜈蚣
Mandarin	Beijing	蜈蚣
	Taiwan	蜈蚣
	Tianjin	蜈蚣
	Chengde	蜈蚣
	Tangshan	蜈蚣
	Cangzhou	蜈蚣
	Baoding	蜈蚣
	Shijiazhuang	蜈蚣
	Chifeng	蜈蚣
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	蜈蚣
	Heihe	蜈蚣
	Qiqihar	蜈蚣
	Harbin	蜈蚣
	Jiamusi	蜈蚣
	Baicheng	蜈蚣
	Changchun	蜈蚣
	Tonghua	蜈蚣
	Shenyang	蜈蚣
	Dandong	蜈蚣
	Jinzhou	蜈蚣
	Dalian	蜈蚣
	Yantai	蜈蚣
	Yantai (Muping)	蜈蚣
	Qingdao	蜈蚣
	Lijin	蜈蚣
	Zhucheng	蜈蚣
	Jinan	蜈蚣
	Jining	蜈蚣
	Luoyang	蜈蚣
	Wanrong	千把子
	Shangqiu	蜈蚣
	Yuanyang	蜈蚣
	Zhengzhou	蜈蚣
	Lingbao	蜈蚣
	Xinyang	蜈蚣
	Baihe	蜈蚣
	Hanzhong	蜈蚣
	Xi'an	蜈蚣
	Baoji	蜈蚣
	Yinchuan	蜈蚣, 毛扎扎
	Tianshui	蜈蚣
	Lanzhou	蜈蚣
	Dunhuang	蜈蚣
	Xining	蜈蚣
	Hami	蜈蚣
	Ürümqi	蜈蚣
	Wuhan	蜈蚣, 多腳蟲
	Yichang	蜈蚣
	Xiangyang	蜈蚣
	Tianmen	蜈蚣
	Hong'an	蜈蚣, 雷骨蟲
	Chengdu	蜈蚣, 蜈蚣蟲, 雷蚣蟲
	Nanchong	蜈蚣
	Dazhou	雷蚣蟲
	Hanyuan	龍蚣蟲
	Xichang	蜈蚣
	Zigong	雷蚣蟲
	Chongqing	蜈蚣蟲, 雷蚣蟲
	Guiyang	蜈蚣蟲
	Zunyi	雷蚣蟲
	Bijie	雷蚣蟲
	Liping	蜈蚣
	Zhaotong	蜈蚣
	Dali	蜈蚣
Kunming	蜈蚣
Mengzi	蜈蚣
Guilin	蜈蚣
Liuzhou	蜈蚣
Jishou	蜈蚣
Changde	蜈蚣
Anqing	蜈蚣
Xuzhou	蜈蚣
Fuyang	蜈蚣
Wuhu	蜈蚣
Yangzhou	百腳
Lianyungang	蜈蚣
Nanjing	蜈蚣
Hefei	蜈蚣
Nantong	百腳
Singapore	蜈蚣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	百足, 雞蟲
	Hong Kong	百足, 蜈蚣
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	百足
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	百足
	Macau	百足
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	百足
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	百足
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	百足
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	百足
	Foshan	百足
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	百足
	Foshan (Shunde)	百足
	Foshan (Sanshui)	百足
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	百足
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	百足
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	百足
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	百足
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	百足
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	百足
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	百足
	Taishan	百足
	Kaiping (Chikan)	百足
	Enping (Niujiang)	百足
	Heshan (Yayao)	百足
	Dongguan	炮足
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	百足
	Qingyuan	百足
	Fogang	蜈蚣
	Yingde (Hanguang)	百足
	Yangshan	蜈蚣蟲
	Lianshan (Butian)	蜈蚣
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	蜈蚣蟲
	Shaoguan	百足
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	百足
	Renhua	百腳蛇
	Lechang	百足, 蜈蚣蟲
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	百足
	Sihui	百足
	Guangning	百足
	Deqing	百足
	Huaiji	百足, 蜈蚣蟲
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	蜈蚣
	Yunfu	百足
	Xinxing	百足
	Luoding	百足
	Yangjiang	百足
	Xinyi	百足
	Lianjiang	百足
	Nanning	百足
	Wuzhou	百足
	Yulin	八足
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	百足, 百蟲
	Hepu (Shatian)	百足
	Guiping	百足
	Guiping (Mule)	百足
	Pingnan	百足
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	百足
	Guigang (Pingdong)	百足
	Beihai	百足
	Beihai (Nankang)	百足
	Beihai (Yingpan)	百足
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	百足
Gan	Nanchang	蜈蚣, 蜈蚣蟲
	Lichuan	籠蚣
	Pingxiang	蜈蚣查
Hakka	Meixian	蜈蚣蟲
	Xingning	蜈蚣蟲
	Dabu (Xihe)	蜈蚣蟲
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	壁𧐴
	Huidong (Daling)	蜈蚣蜞
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	蜈蚣蟲
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	蜈蚣蟲
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	百足, 蜈蚣蟲
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	蜈蚣蟲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	蜈蚣蟲
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	蜈蚣
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	蜈蚣蟲
	Wuhua (Changbu)	蜈蚣蟲
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	蜈蚣蟲
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	壁𧐴
	Wengyuan	𧓅蚣蟲
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	蜈蚣蟲
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	蜈蚣
	Liannan	蜈蚣
	Conghua (Lütian)	蜈蚣
	Jiexi	蜈蚣蟲
	Luhe	蜈蚣蟲
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	蜈蚣蟲
	Changting	蜈蚣蟲
	Yongding	蜈蚣蟲
	Yongding (Xiayang)	蜈蚣
	Yongding (Gaobei)	蜈蚣蟲
	Yongding (Hukeng)	蜈蚣蟲
	Wuping	蜈蚣農
	Wuping (Zhongshan)	蜈蚣蟲
	Wuping (Yanqian)	蜈蚣蟲
	Wuping (Pingyu)	蜈蚣蟲
	Liancheng	蜈蚣蟲
	Liancheng (Peitian)	蜈蚣蟲
	Liancheng (Zhongbao)	蜈蚣蟲
	Liancheng (Laiyuan)	蜈蚣
	Ninghua	𧓅蚣蛇
	Yudu	蜈蚣蟲
	Ningdu	蜈蚣蟲
	Ruijin	蜈蚣蟲
	Shicheng	蜈蚣蟲
	Shangyou (Shexi)	蜈蚣蟲
	Tonggu (Sandu)	蜈蚣蟲
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	蜈蚣蟲
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蜈蚣蟲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蜈蚣蟲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蜈蚣蟲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蜈蚣蟲, 𧿞蟲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蜈蚣蟲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蜈蚣, 蜈蚣蟲
	Hong Kong	百足, 蜈蚣蟲
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	百足
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	百足
	Xinyi (Sihe)	蜈蚣
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	百足
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	百足
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	百足
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	百足
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	黃公蟲
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	蜈蚣蟲
	Mengshan (Xihe)	蜈蚣蟲
	Luchuan	蜈蚣蟲
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	蜈蚣蟲
	Chengdu (Hexingchang)	蜈蚣蟲
Weiyuan (Guanyingtan)	蜈蚣蟲
Yilong (Ma'an)	蜈蚣
Xichang (Huanglianguan)	蜈蚣蟲
Sabah (Longchuan)	蜈蚣蟲
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	蜈蚣
Senai (Huiyang)	蜈蚣蟲
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	蜈蚣蟲
Singkawang	蜈蚣蟲
Huizhou	Jixi	蜈蚣
	Shexian	牛蚣
Jin	Taiyuan	蜈蚣, 錢串子
	Yangyuan	蜈蚣
	Datong	蜈蚣
	Xinzhou	蜈蚣
	Lishi	蜈蚣
	Linfen	蜈蚣
	Changzhi	蜈蚣
	Linhe	蜈蚣
	Jining	蜈蚣
	Hohhot	蜈蚣
	Erenhot	蜈蚣
	Pingshan	蜈蚣
	Zhangjiakou	蜈蚣
	Handan	蜈蚣
	Linzhou	蜈蚣
	Suide	蜈蚣
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蛇蚣
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	紅蚣
	Fuqing	蜈蚣
Southern Min	Xiamen	蜈蚣
	Quanzhou	蜈蚣
	Zhangzhou	蜈蚣
	Taipei	蜈蚣
	Kaohsiung	蜈蚣
	Yilan	蜈蚣
	Changhua (Lukang)	蜈蚣
	Taichung	蜈蚣
	Taichung (Wuqi)	蜈蚣
	Tainan	蜈蚣
	Taitung	蜈蚣
	Hsinchu	蜈蚣
	Penghu (Magong)	蜈蚣
	Penang (Hokkien)	蜈蚣
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蜈蚣
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	蜈蚣
	Chaozhou	蜈蚣
	Shantou	蜈蚣
	Jieyang	蜈蚣
	Haifeng	蜈蚣
	Bangkok (Teochew)	蜈蚣
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	蜈蚣
	Singapore (Teochew)	蜈蚣
	Pontianak (Teochew)	蜈蚣
	Leizhou	蜈蚣
	Haikou	蜈蚣
Puxian Min	Putian	蜈蚣
	Putian (Donghai)	蜈蚣
	Putian (Jiangkou)	蜈蚣
	Putian (Nanri)	蜈蚣
	Xianyou	蜈蚣
	Xianyou (Fengting)	蜈蚣
	Xianyou (Youyang)	蜈蚣
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	百足
	Sanxiang	蜈蚣
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	百足
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	蜈蚣蛇
Wu	Shanghai	百腳, 蜈蚣
	Shanghai (Chongming)	紅蚣
	Suzhou	百腳
	Danyang	百腳
	Hangzhou	蜈蚣
	Ningbo	蜈蚣, 百腳
	Wenzhou	蜈蚣
	Jinhua	芒蚣
Xiang	Changsha	蜈蚣, 蜈蚣蟲
	Loudi	蜈蚣蟲
	Shuangfeng	蜈蚣蟲
	Quanzhou	蜈蚣叉, 蜈蚣

Derived terms

• 海蜈蚣
• 蜈蚣草
• 蜈蚣蟲／蜈蚣虫

 

See also

• 馬陸／马陆 (mǎlù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蜈	蚣
むかで
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 蜈蚣 – see the following entry.

【百足むかで】 [noun] a centipede Alternative spellings 蜈蜙, 蝍蛆, ムカデ, むかぜ

(This term, 蜈蚣, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Miyako

Kanji in this term
蜈	蚣
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji

Noun

蜈蚣(んかじ) (nkaji) 

1. Alternative spelling of 百足

Oki-No-Erabu

Kanji in this term
蜈	蚣
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji

Noun

蜈蚣(むかじ) (mukaji) 

1. Alternative spelling of 百足

Toku-No-Shima

Kanji in this term
蜈	蚣
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji

Noun

蜈蚣(ぬかで) (nukade) 

1. Alternative spelling of 百足

Vietnamese

Han character

蜈蚣

1. chữ Hán form of ngô công (“centipede”).