Etymology
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From Manchu ᠯᠠᡤᡠ (lagu, “mole cricket”) (Liu et al., 1984).
Pronunciation
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蝲蝲蛄
- (colloquial) mole cricket
聽蝲蝲蛄叫，還不種莊稼了？ [MSC, trad.]
听蝲蝲蛄叫，还不种庄稼了？ [MSC, simp.]- Tīng làlagǔ jiào, hái bù zhòng zhuāngjia le? [Pinyin]
- Hearing that there are mole crickets (crop-attacking insects) chirping [in the field], should you give up tilling the land altogether?
Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of
螻蛄 (“mole cricket”)
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| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Classical Chinese
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螻蛄, 𧕱, 螻螲
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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螻蛄
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| Mandarin
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Beijing
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蝲蝲蛄
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| Taiwan
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螻蛄, 土狗
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| Harbin
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蝲蝲蛄
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| Yantai (Muping)
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螻蛄, 海陸空 humorous
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| Jinan
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螻蛄
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| Wanrong
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螻蛄
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| Yinchuan
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土狗子
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| Lanzhou
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土狗子
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| Xining
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地狗子
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| Ürümqi
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蝲蝲蛄
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| Wuhan
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土狗子
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| Chengdu
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土狗兒, 土狗, 土狗子
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| Guiyang
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土狗崽, 土狗
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| Liuzhou
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土狗
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| Xuzhou
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螻蛄
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| Yangzhou
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土狗子
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| Nanjing
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土狗子
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| Nantong
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土狗兒, 土狗
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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土狗
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| Hong Kong
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土狗
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| Dongguan
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草狗
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| Gan
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Nanchang
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土狗子
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| Lichuan
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土狗
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| Pingxiang
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土狗子
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| Hakka
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Meixian
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土狗仔
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| Xingning
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土狗哩
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| Huidong (Daling)
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土八仔
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| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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土猴子
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| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
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土狗
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| Changting
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土猴哩, 土狗
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| Wuping
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土狗子
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| Wuping (Pingyu)
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土狗子
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| Liancheng
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土狗
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| Ninghua
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土狗子
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| Yudu
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土狗子
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| Ruijin
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兔狗子
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| Shicheng
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土狗子
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| Shangyou (Shexi)
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土狗子
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| Jin
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Taiyuan
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蝲蛄
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| Pingyao
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蝲蛄
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| Xinzhou
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蝲蛄
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| Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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沙猴仔
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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塗犬
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| Fuqing
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塗犬, 地鹿
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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杜猴
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| Quanzhou
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塗猴
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| Yongchun
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塗猴
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| Zhangzhou
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杜猴
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| Chaozhou
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杜猴
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| Jieyang
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杜猴
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| Leizhou
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𫋐猴
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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螻蛄, 油葫蘆
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| Shanghai (Chongming)
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螻蛄
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| Suzhou
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螻蛄
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| Danyang
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地鱉狗子, 土狗 suburbs
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| Hangzhou
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地狗兒
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| Ningbo
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地狗, 游蛄
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| Wenzhou
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土狗
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| Jinhua
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土狗, 水狗兒
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| Xiang
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Changsha
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土狗子
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