蚍蜉

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 蚍蜉. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 蚍蜉, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 蚍蜉 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 蚍蜉 you have here. The definition of the word 蚍蜉 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of蚍蜉, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (蚍蜉)
simp. #(蚍蜉)
Wikipedia has an article on:

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (3) (3)
Final () (15) (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter bjij bjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/biɪ/ /bɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/bi/ /biu/
Shao
Rongfen
/bjɪ/ /biəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/bi/ /buw/
Li
Rong
/bi/ /biu/
Wang
Li
/bi/ /bĭəu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/bʱi/ /bʱi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fóu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
pei4 fau4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ bjuw ›
Old
Chinese
/*(r)u/
English mayfly

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 530 3347
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 1
Corresponding
MC rime
𣬈
Old
Chinese
/*bi/ /*bu/

Noun

蚍蜉

  1. (archaic) a type of large grey ant with a large head and antennae
  2. (archaic) termite

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Hyōgai

Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

()() (hifu

  1. large ant

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN