白蟻

See also: 白蚁

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	ant
trad. (白蟻)		白	蟻
simp. (白蚁)		白	蚁

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báiyǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄧˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): baak⁶ ngai⁵

(Taishan, Wiktionary): bak⁵ ngai²
Gan (Wiktionary): pah⁶ nyi
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pha̍k-ngie
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ba⁷ hyor⁵ / ba⁷ hya⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-hiǎ / pe̍h-hiā / pe̍eh-hiā

(Teochew, Peng'im): bêh⁸ hia⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báiyǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báiyǐ
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-i³
  - Yale: bái-yǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairyii
  - Palladius: байи (baji)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ ngai⁵
  - Yale: baahk ngáih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ ngai⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ ngei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² ŋɐi̯¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: bak⁵ ngai²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pak̚³² ᵑɡai⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: pah⁶ nyi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaʔ⁵ n̠ʲi²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pha̍k-ngie
  - Hakka Romanization System: pag ngie
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pag⁶ ngie⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰak̚⁵ ŋi̯e⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ba⁷ hyor⁵ [Phonetic: ba⁴ yor⁵]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ba̍h-hiō̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa¹³⁻⁴² ^(h-)yɒ¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ba⁷ hya⁵ [Phonetic: ba⁴ ya⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa²⁴⁻⁴² ^(h-)ya²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-hiǎ
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍h-hiǎ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² hia²²/
  - IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² hia³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-hiā
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍h-hiā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peqhia
  - IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ hia³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hia²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hia³³/
  - IPA (Singapore): /pe(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ hia²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-hiā
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-hiā
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ hia²²/
  - IPA (Penang): /pɛ(ʔ)⁴⁻³ hia²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bêh⁸ hia⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pe̍h hiă
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peʔ⁴⁻² hia³⁵/

Noun

白蟻

termite; white ant

Synonyms

白螞蟻／白蚂蚁 (báimǎyǐ)
(Sichuan) 白螞蟻兒／白蚂蚁儿
(Hakka) 白蟻仔／白蚁仔
(Ningbonese Wu) 蟛蟲／蟛虫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	蟻
しろ Grade: 1	あり Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 白 (shiro, “white”) +‎ 蟻 (ari, “ant”). Compare English white ant, Chinese 白蟻 / 白蚁 (báiyǐ, literally “white ant”), Korean 흰개미 (huin'gaemi, literally “white ant”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しろあり [shìróárí] (Heiban – [0])
(Tokyo) しろあり [shìróꜜàrì] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [ɕiɾo̞a̠ɾʲi]

Noun

白(しろ)蟻(あり) or 白蟻(シロアリ) • (shiroari)

a termite; a white ant