跟頭蟲
Chinese
| fall; somersault | insect; bug | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (跟頭蟲) | 跟頭 | 蟲 | |
| simp. (跟头虫) | 跟头 | 虫 | |
| Literally: “somersault bug”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: gēntouchóng
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄣ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gento̊uchóng
- Wade–Giles: kên1-tʻou5-chʻung2
- Yale: gēn-tou-chúng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gen.touchorng
- Palladius: гэньтоучун (gɛnʹtoučun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kən⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯² ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: gēntouchóngr
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄣ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄔㄨㄥˊㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gento̊uchóngr
- Wade–Giles: kên1-tʻou5-chʻung2-ʼrh
- Yale: gēn-tou-chúngr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gen.touchorngl
- Palladius: гэньтоучунр (gɛnʹtoučunr)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kən⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯² ʈ͡ʂʰʊ̃ɻ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gan1 tau4 cung4
- Yale: gān tàuh chùhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: gan1 tau4 tsung4
- Guangdong Romanization: gen1 teo4 cung4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɐn⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
跟頭蟲
- (colloquial) wiggler; wriggler; mosquito larva
- 1935 October 22, 榆輯, “怎樣預防瘧疾？”, in 小學與社會, volume 1, number 39, page 10:
- 蚊產卵後兩三星期即變爲跟頭虫，再經兩星期此虫即變爲蚊。 [MSC, trad.]
- Wén chǎnluǎn hòu liǎng-sān xīngqī jí biànwéi gēntouchóng, zài jīng liǎng xīngqī cǐ chóng jí biànwéi wén. [Pinyin]
- Two to three weeks after the mosquito lays eggs, they become wrigglers, and after another two weeks, these bugs become mosquitoes.
蚊产卵后两三星期即变为跟头虫，再经两星期此虫即变为蚊。 [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 孑孓 (“wriggler; wiggler; mosquito larva”) [map]