米蛀蟲

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Chinese

		rice; metre	termite; to bore (of insects)	animal; insect
trad. (米蛀蟲)		米	蛀	蟲
simp. (米蛀虫)		米	蛀	虫

Pronunciation

Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mi-tsy-zon

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶mi-tsy-zon
  - MiniDict: mi^去 tsy zon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mi-tsr-zon
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mi²² t͡sz̩⁵⁵ zoŋ²¹/

Noun

米蛀蟲

(Wu) rice weevil
(Wu, figurative) good-for-nothing; freeloader

Synonyms

(rice weevil): 米蟲／米虫 (mǐchóng), 米象 (mǐxiàng), 穀牛／谷牛 (gǔniú); (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Wu) 牛子 (niúzǐ); (Hokkien) 米𧉟, 米蚼

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