蟲蟲
Chinese
| animal; insect | animal; insect | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (蟲蟲) | 蟲 | 蟲 | |
| simp. (虫虫) | 虫 | 虫 | |
| alternative forms | 爞爞 | ||
Etymology
Sino-Tibetan; cognate with 融 (OC *luŋ, “hot air, steam, heat”), Burmese လောင် (laung, “burn, scald”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): chóngchóng, tóngtóng
- (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄥˊ, ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): cung4 cung4 / tung4 tung4
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: chóngchóng
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chóngchóng
- Wade–Giles: chʻung2-chʻung2
- Yale: chúng-chúng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chorngchorng
- Palladius: чунчун (čunčun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tóngtóng
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tóngtóng
- Wade–Giles: tʻung2-tʻung2
- Yale: túng-túng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngtorng
- Palladius: тунтун (tuntun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cung4 cung4 / tung4 tung4
- Yale: chùhng chùhng / tùhng tùhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsung4 tsung4 / tung4 tung4
- Guangdong Romanization: cung4 cung4 / tung4 tung4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/, /tʰʊŋ²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Adjective
蟲蟲
- alternative form of 爞爞
- to steam
- stifling; suffocating
- 旱既大甚、蘊隆蟲蟲。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Hàn jì dàshèn, yùn lóng tóngtóng. [Pinyin]
- The drought is excessive; its fervours become more and more tormenting.
旱既大甚、蕴隆虫虫。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]