塗鱉
Chinese
| to smear; daub | turtle | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (塗鱉) | 塗 | 鱉 | |
| simp. (涂鳖) | 涂 | 鳖 | |
| alternative forms | 土鱉／土鳖 | ||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thô͘-pih / tô͘-pih
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thô͘-pih
- Tâi-lô: thôo-pih
- Phofsit Daibuun: to'piq
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ piʔ³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔ²³⁻³³ piʔ³²/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔ¹³⁻²² piʔ³²/
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔ²⁴⁻²² piʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘-pih
- Tâi-lô: tôo-pih
- Phofsit Daibuun: do'piq
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ¹³⁻²² piʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Noun
塗鱉
- Chinese ground beetle (Eupolyphaga sinensis)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 地鱉 (“ground beetle”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 地鱉, 土鱉 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 地鱉, 地鱉蟲 |
| Harbin | 土鱉 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 土鱉 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 土鱉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 簸箕蟲, 地鱉 |
| Xi'an | 簸箕蟲 | |
| Xuzhou | 土鱉子 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 土鱉 |
| Ürümqi | 鞋底板 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 地烏龜, 地鱉蟲 |
| Wuhan | 地團魚 | |
| Guiyang | 地鱉蟲 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 土鱉 |
| Yangzhou | 地鱉蟲子 | |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 地鱉 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 土鱉 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 地蚻仔 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 土鱉, 土鱉蟲 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 缽缽蟲, 西瓜蟲 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 塗鱉 |
| Jinjiang | 塗𧑹 | |
| Zhangzhou | 塗鱉 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 地鱉蟲 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 地皮蟲 | |
| Suzhou | 地鱉蟲 | |
| Danyang | 地鱉蟲 | |
| Hangzhou | 地鱉蟲 | |
| Ningbo | 地鱉蟲 | |
| Jinhua | 地鱉蟲 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 土鱉 |