蟲災
Chinese
| animal; insect | disaster; calamity | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (蟲災) | 蟲 | 災 | |
| simp. (虫灾) | 虫 | 灾 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: chóngzāi
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄗㄞ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chóngzai
- Wade–Giles: chʻung2-tsai1
- Yale: chúng-dzāi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chorngtzai
- Palladius: чунцзай (čunczaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cung4 zoi1
- Yale: chùhng jōi
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsung4 dzoi1
- Guangdong Romanization: cung4 zoi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
蟲災
- plague of insects
- 在中國解放區，敵人的摧殘是異常嚴重的；水、旱、蟲災，也時常發生。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1945, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論聯合政府》 (On Coalition Government), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Zài Zhōngguó jiěfàngqū, dírén de cuīcán shì yìcháng yánzhòng de; shuǐ, hàn, chóngzāi, yě shícháng fāshēng. [Pinyin]
- In China's Liberated Areas, the enemy has wrought great havoc, and floods, droughts and damage by insect pests have been frequent.
在中国解放区，敌人的摧残是异常严重的；水、旱、虫灾，也时常发生。 [MSC, simp.]