蜚蠊
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Chinese
| gad-fly | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (蜚蠊) | 蜚 | 蠊 | |
| simp. #(蜚蠊) | 蜚 | 蠊 | |
| alternative forms | 飛蠊／飞蠊 | ||
Etymology
Cognate with 風 (OC *plum, *plums, “wind”).
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˇ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fěilián
- Wade–Giles: fei3-lien2
- Yale: fěi-lyán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feeilian
- Palladius: фэйлянь (fɛjljanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /feɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fei2 lim4
- Yale: féi lìhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: fei2 lim4
- Guangdong Romanization: féi2 lim4
- Sinological IPA (key): /fei̯³⁵ liːm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: pj+jX|bj+jH ljem
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*pɯlʔ|bɯls ɡ·rem/
Noun
蜚蠊
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 蟑螂 (“cockroach”)
Descendants
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 蜚 | 蠊 |
| ごきぶり | |
| Hyōgai | Hyōgai |
| jukujikun | |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 蜚蠊 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 蜚蠊, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Usage notes
The kanji spelling is an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 蜚蠊 (fěilián).