書蟲
Chinese
| book; letter | animal; insect | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (書蟲) | 書 | 蟲 | |
| simp. (书虫) | 书 | 虫 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shūchóng
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shuchóng
- Wade–Giles: shu1-chʻung2
- Yale: shū-chúng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuchorng
- Palladius: шучун (šučun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: syu1 cung4
- Yale: syū chùhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: sy1 tsung4
- Guangdong Romanization: xu1 cung4
- Sinological IPA (key): /syː⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Changting)
- Changting Pinyin: shu1 chong2
- Sinological IPA: /ʃu³³ t͡ʃʰoŋ²⁴/
- (Changting)
Noun
書蟲
- silverfish
- (figuratively) bookworm
Synonyms
- (silverfish):
Related terms
References
- 周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “书虫”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 595.