蟻公

Chinese

		ant	just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
trad. (蟻公)		蟻	公
simp. (蚁公)		蚁	公

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁵ gung¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngie-kûng / ngi-kûng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ni¹ gung¹

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): hia⁶ gong¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁵ gung¹
    • Yale: ngáih gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁵ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁵ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯¹³ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngie-kûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngie gung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngie⁴ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯e⁵⁵ kuŋ²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngie-kûng / ngi-kûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngie gung´ / ngi gung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngie⁴ gung¹ / ngi⁴ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯e⁵⁵ kuŋ²⁴/, /ŋi⁵⁵ kuŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ni¹ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ni⁴⁴ kʊŋ⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hia⁶ gong¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiă kong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hia³⁵⁻¹¹ koŋ³³/

Noun

蟻公

1. (Cantonese, Teochew) big ant
2. (Hakka) ant

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 螞蟻 (“ant”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蟻, 螞蟻
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		螞蟻
Mandarin	Beijing	螞蟻
	Taiwan	螞蟻
	Tianjin	螞蟻
	Ulanhot	螞蟻
	Tongliao	螞蟻
	Chifeng	螞蟻
	Bayanhot	螞蟻
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	螞蟻
	Harbin	螞蟻
	Shenyang	螞蟻
	Yantai (Muping)	蟣螞蛘子, 螞蟣蛘子
	Jinan	螞蟻, 米蛘
	Luoyang	螞蟻
	Wanrong	螞螞蚍蜉
	Zhengzhou	螞蟻
	Xi'an	螞蟻
	Yinchuan	螞蟻
	Lanzhou	螞蟻蟲兒
	Xining	螞蟻蟲兒
	Ürümqi	螞蟻
	Wuhan	螞蟻, 螞印子, 螞燕子
	Chengdu	螞蟻兒, 螞蟻子
	Guiyang	螞蟻
	Kunming	螞蟻
	Guilin	螞蟻
	Liuzhou	螞蟻
	Xuzhou	螞蟻
	Yangzhou	螞蟻
	Nanjing	螞蟻
	Hefei	螞蟻
	Malaysia	螞蟻
	Singapore	螞蟻
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	螞蟻
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	螞蟻蟲子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蟻
	Hong Kong	蟻, 螞蟻
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	蟻
	Macau	蟻
	Taishan	蟻
	Dongguan	蟻
	Yangjiang	蟻
	Xinyi	蟻
	Wuchuan (Wuyang)	蟻
	Beihai	蟻仔
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	蟻
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	蟻
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	蟻
	Danzhou	蟻仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	蟻
	Penang (Guangfu)	蟻
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蟻
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	蟻
	Móng Cái	蟻
Gan	Nanchang	螞蟻, 螞印子
	Lichuan	螞蟻
	Pingxiang	螞蟻子
Hakka	Meixian	蟻公, 蟻仔
	Xingning	咪公
	Huiyang	蟻子
	Huidong (Daling)	蟻
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	蟻
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	蟻公
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	蟻
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	蟻公
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	蟻公
	Liannan	蟻公
	Jiexi	蟻公
	Luhe	蟻仔
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	蟻子
	Changting	蟻公
	Wuping	蟻公
	Wuping (Yanqian)	蟻公
	Wuping (Pingyu)	蟻公
	Liancheng	蟻公
	Ninghua	蟻公, 蟻子
	Yudu	螞蟻
	Ningdu	蟻公
	Ruijin	蟻公子, 螞蟻
	Shicheng	蟻公
	Shangyou (Shexi)	螞蟻
	Tonggu (Sandu)	蟻公
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	螞蟻
	Dayu	螞蟻
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蟻公
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蟻公
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蟻公
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蟻公
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蟻仔, 蟻公
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蟻子
	Hong Kong	蟻公, 蟻子
	Mengshan (Xihe)	蟻公
	Luchuan	蟻
	Sabah (Longchuan)	螞蟻, 蟻公
	Senai (Huiyang)	蟻
	Singkawang	蟻, 蟻公
Huizhou	Jixi	螞蟻
	Shexian	螞蟻
	Tunxi	螞蟻
	Xiuning	螞蟻
	Qimen	螞蟻
	Wuyuan	螞蟻
	Fuliang	螞蟻
	Dexing	螞蟻
	Jingde	王眼的
Jin	Taiyuan	螞蚍蜉, 螞蚍蜉兒, 螞蟻
	Pingyao	螞蚍蜉
	Xinzhou	螞蚍蜉
	Taibus (Baochang)	螞蟻
	Linhe	螞蟻
	Jining	螞蟻
	Hohhot	螞蟻官兒
	Baotou	螞蟻
	Dongsheng	螞蟻
	Haibowan	螞蟻
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蟻稚仔
	Songxi	蟻蠍嫲
	Zhenghe	真蟻仔
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	宗蟻仔
	Jianyang	蟻仔
	Wuyishan	蟻仔
	Pucheng (Shibei)	蟻仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	紅蟻
	Changle	黃蟻
	Fuqing	黃蟻, 紅蟻
	Yongtai	黃蟻
	Gutian	蟻
	Fu'an	蟻
	Ningde	黃蟻
	Shouning	蟻
	Zhouning	蟻
	Fuding	蟻
	Matsu	黃蟻
Southern Min	Xiamen	狗蟻
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	狗蟻
	Quanzhou	狗蟻
	Yongchun	蟻
	Dehua	草蟻
	Zhangzhou	狗蟻
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	狗蟻
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	狗蟻仔
	Hua'an	狗蟻
	Nanjing	狗蟻
	Pinghe	狗蟻
	Zhangpu	狗蟻
	Zhao'an	狗蟻
	Dongshan	狗蟻
	Taipei	狗蟻
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	狗蟻
	Kaohsiung	狗蟻
	Yilan	狗蟻
	Changhua (Lukang)	狗蟻
	Taichung	狗蟻
	Taichung (Wuqi)	狗蟻
	Tainan	狗蟻
	Taitung	狗蟻
	Hsinchu	狗蟻
	Kinmen	狗蟻
	Penghu (Magong)	狗蟻
	Penang (Hokkien)	蟻
	Singapore (Hokkien)	狗蟻
	Manila (Hokkien)	狗蟻, 蟻
	Medan (Hokkien)	狗蟻
	Longyan	蟻翁
	Zhangping	蟻
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	蟻
	Datian	蟻
	Chaozhou	蟻
	Shantou	蟻
	Shantou (Chenghai)	蟻
	Jieyang	蟻, 狗蟻
	Haifeng	狗蟻
	Bangkok (Teochew)	溝蟻
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	蟻
	Singapore (Teochew)	蟻
	Pontianak (Teochew)	蟻
	Leizhou	蟻
	Wenchang	蟻
	Haikou	蟻
	Singapore (Hainanese)	蟻
Puxian Min	Putian	蟻婆
	Xianyou	蟻蟻公, 蟻婆
	Fuding (Aoyao)	蟻
Central Min	Yong'an	蟻
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	螞蟻
Shehua	Fu'an	黃蟻
	Fuding	黃蟻
	Luoyuan	黃蟻
	Sanming	蟻
	Shunchang	蟻
	Hua'an	蟻
	Guixi (Zhangping)	蟻
	Cangnan	黃蟻
	Jingning	蟻
	Lishui	蟻
	Longyou	蟻
	Chaozhou	蟻
	Fengshun	蟻仔
Wu	Shanghai	螞蟻
	Shanghai (Chongming)	螞蟻
	Suzhou	螞米, 螞蟻
	Wuxi	螞米
	Danyang	螞米
	Hangzhou	螞蟻, 螞米
	Ningbo	螞粉, 螞轟, 螞蟻
	Wenzhou	火蟻
	Jinhua	戽我, 螞蟻
Xiang	Changsha	螞蟻子, 螞蟻
	Loudi	螞蟻子, 螞蟻
	Shuangfeng	螞蟻子