蟬蛻

See also: 蝉蜕

Chinese

		cicada	exuviae of insects or reptiles
trad. (蟬蛻)		蟬	蛻
simp. (蝉蜕)		蝉	蜕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chántuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sim⁴ teoi³
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): sam² tui³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chántuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chántuèi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan²-tʻui⁴
    • Yale: chán-twèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charntuey
    • Palladius: чаньтуй (čanʹtuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sim⁴ teoi³
    • Yale: sìhm teui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sim⁴ toey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xim⁴ têu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːm²¹ tʰɵy̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sam² tui³
    • Sinological IPA: /sam¹¹ tʰuɪ³¹/

Noun

蟬蛻

1. cicada slough

Synonyms

• (Pingxiang Gan) 蟬仔殼／蝉仔壳
• (Hokkien) 蟬殼／蝉壳

Verb

蟬蛻

1. (figurative) to free oneself
2. to extricate oneself from