臭蟲

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See also: 臭虫

Chinese

sense of smell; smell bad; stench
sense of smell; smell bad; stench; stink; smelly; to smell (bad)
 
animal; insect
trad. (臭蟲)
simp. (臭虫)
Literally:stinky bug”.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (24) (11)
Final () (136) (2)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter tsyhuwH drjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕʰɨuH/ /ɖɨuŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕʰiuH/ /ɖiuŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕʰiəuH/ /ȡiuŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cʰuwH/ /ɖuwŋ/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕʰiuH/ /ȡiuŋ/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕʰĭəuH/ /ȡĭuŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕʰi̯ə̯uH/ /ȡʱi̯uŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chòu chóng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cau3 cung4

Noun

臭蟲

  1. (countable) bedbug (Classifier: m)

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