精蟲

Chinese

		energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient	animal; insect
trad. (精蟲)		精	蟲
simp. (精虫)		精	虫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīngchóng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥㄔㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ cung⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-thâng
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹cin-zon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīngchóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥㄔㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jingchóng
  - Wade–Giles: ching¹-chʻung²
  - Yale: jīng-chúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingchorng
  - Palladius: цзинчун (czinčun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing¹ cung⁴
  - Yale: jīng chùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ tsung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ cung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-thâng
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-thâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengtaang
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰaŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰaŋ²³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹cin-zon
  - MiniDict: cin^平 zon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jin-zon
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ zoŋ²¹/

Noun

精蟲

(cytology) Alternative name for 精子 (jīngzǐ, “sperm cell”).