蟲災

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Chinese

		animal; insect	disaster; calamity
trad. (蟲災)		蟲	災
simp. (虫灾)		虫	灾

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chóngzāi

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄗㄞ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ zoi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chóngzāi
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄗㄞ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chóngzai
  - Wade–Giles: chʻung²-tsai¹
  - Yale: chúng-dzāi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chorngtzai
  - Palladius: чунцзай (čunczaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cung⁴ zoi¹
  - Yale: chùhng jōi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ dzoi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ zoi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

蟲災

plague of insects
- 在中國解放區，敵人的摧殘是異常嚴重的；水、旱、蟲災，也時常發生。 [MSC, trad.]
  在中国解放区，敌人的摧残是异常严重的；水、旱、虫灾，也时常发生。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1945, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論聯合政府》 (On Coalition Government), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Zài Zhōngguó jiěfàngqū, dírén de cuīcán shì yìcháng yánzhòng de; shuǐ, hàn, chóngzāi, yě shícháng fāshēng.
  In China's Liberated Areas, the enemy has wrought great havoc, and floods, droughts and damage by insect pests have been frequent.

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