毒蟲

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See also: 毒虫

Chinese

		poison; narcotics	animal; insect
trad. (毒蟲)		毒	蟲
simp. (毒虫)		毒	虫

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dúchóng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ cung⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thu̍k-chhùng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): to̍k-thâng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dúchóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dúchóng
  - Wade–Giles: tu²-chʻung²
  - Yale: dú-chúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwuchorng
  - Palladius: дучун (dučun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dúchóngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄔㄨㄥˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dúchóngr
  - Wade–Giles: tu²-chʻung²-ʼrh
  - Yale: dú-chúngr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwuchorngl
  - Palladius: дучунр (dučunr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊ̃ɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: duk⁶ cung⁴
  - Yale: duhk chùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ tsung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ cung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thu̍k-chhùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: tug cung^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tug⁶ cung²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰuk̚⁵ t͡sʰuŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to̍k-thâng
  - Tâi-lô: to̍k-thâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dogtaang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² tʰaŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔk̚²⁴⁻² tʰaŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰaŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² tʰaŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² tʰaŋ²³/

Noun

毒蟲

(literal) poisonous insect
drug addict

Pronunciation 2

Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): tao⁴ tang²

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: tao⁴ tang²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ta̍u-táng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰau⁴² tʰaŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: tao⁴ tang²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰau⁴²⁻⁵⁵ tʰaŋ²⁴/

Verb

毒蟲

(Puxian Min) to kill parasites (with poison or medicine)

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “毒虫”, in 莆仙方言大词典 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 529.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
毒	蟲
どく Grade: 5	むし Hyōgai
jūbakoyomi

Kanji in this term
毒	蟲
どく Grade: 5	ちゅう Hyōgai
goon	kan'on

For pronunciation and definitions of 毒蟲 – see the following entry.

【毒虫どくむし】

a poisonous insect

Alternative spelling
どくちゅう

(This term, 毒蟲, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
毒	蟲

Noun

毒蟲 • (dokchung) (hangeul 독충)

hanja form^? of 독충

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