螟蛾

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Chinese

		Heliothus armigera	moth
simp. and trad. (螟蛾)		螟	蛾

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míng'é

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ ngo⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-ngô͘ / bêng-gô

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míng'é
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míng-é
  - Wade–Giles: ming²-o²
  - Yale: míng-é
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minger
  - Palladius: минъэ (minʺe)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ ˀɤ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    名額／名额
    螟蛾
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ming⁴ ngo⁴
  - Yale: mìhng ngòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ ngo⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ ngo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ ŋɔː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-ngô͘
  - Tâi-lô: bîng-ngôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bengngoo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-gô
  - Tâi-lô: bîng-gô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: benggooi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡo²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² ɡo¹³/

Noun

螟蛾

(adult form of) snout moths (family Pyralidae)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
螟	蛾
めい Hyōgaiji	が Hyōgaiji
kan’on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めーが (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

- Homophone: 名画

Noun

螟(めい)蛾(が) or 螟蛾(メイガ) • (meiga)

a pyralid

References

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

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