蚯蚓
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Chinese
| earthworm | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (蚯蚓) |
蚯 | 蚓 | |
| 2nd round simp. | 丘引 | ||
| alternative forms | 蚯螾 丘蚓 丘螾 邱蚓 邱螾 | ||
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): qiu1 yin3
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jau1 jan5
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gao6 ung2 / kiu1 ing2
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1chieu-yin
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡ ㄧㄣˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ciouyǐn
- Wade–Giles: chʻiu1-yin3
- Yale: chyōu-yǐn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiouyiin
- Palladius: цюинь (cjuinʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ in²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: qiu1 yin3
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kiujn
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰiəu⁵⁵ in⁵³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jau1 jan5
- Yale: yāu yáhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: jau1 jan5
- Guangdong Romanization: yeo1 yen5
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ jɐn¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: gao6 ung2 / kiu1 ing2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kău úng / khiu íng
- Sinological IPA (key): /kau³⁵⁻¹¹ uŋ⁵²/, /kʰiu³³⁻²³ iŋ⁵²/
- (Teochew)
Note:
- gao6 ung2 - vernacular;
- kiu1 ing2 - literary.
- Middle Chinese: khjuw yinX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʷʰə (r)əʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷɯ linʔ/
Noun
蚯蚓
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 蚯 | 蚓 |
| みみず | |
| Hyōgai | Hyōgai |
| jukujikun | |
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 蚯 | 蚓 |
| めめず | |
| Hyōgai | Hyōgai |
| jukujikun | |
First cited to the Saibara Uta from the Heian period.[1]
The memezu form is attested from 1650, and is traditionally viewed as a pronunciation shift from mimizu.[1]
Reconstructed as ultimately from Proto-Japonic *memensu, in which case memezu may be a reversion to an older form, also preserved in many dialects. The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓).
Pronunciation
Noun
蚯蚓 or 蚯蚓 or 蚯蚓 • (mimizu or memezu) (counter 匹)
- a worm, such as an earthworm
- 2005 August 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第六十四訓 キャラクターはシルエットだけで読者に見分けがつくように描き分けよう (Dai-rokujūyon Kun: Kyarakutā wa Shiruetto Dake de Dokusha ni Miwake ga Tsuku Yō ni Kakiwakeyō, “Lesson 64: Characters Should Be Drawn So That Readers Can Make Them Out with just the Silhouettes”)”, in 銀魂 (Gin Tama, “Silver Soul”), volume 8 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
- どっかでミミズに小便でも ひっかけてきたんじゃないかィ？腫れるっていうよね
- Dokka de mimizu ni shōben de mo hikkakete kita n ja nai ki? Hareru tte iu yo ne
- Did you piss on a worm somewhere? You said swollen right?
- Nani itchatten no Meishin daro sonna…
- What you talkin’ about? That’s just a superstition…
- どっかでミミズに小便でも ひっかけてきたんじゃないかィ？腫れるっていうよね
Usage notes
- As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ミミズ.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 蚯蚓書き (mimizugaki)
- 蚯蚓蜥蜴 (mimizu tokage, “worm lizard”)
- 蚯蚓鳴く (mimizunaku)
- 蚯蚓ののたくったよう (mimizu no notakutta yō)
- 蚯蚓鯊 (mimizuhaze)
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 蚯 | 蚓 |
| きゅう Hyōgai |
いん Hyōgai |
| on'yomi | |
From Middle Chinese 蚯蚓 (khjuw yinX). Compare modern Mandarin 蚯蚓 (qiūyǐn).
Pronunciation
Noun
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “蚯蚓”, in 日本国語大辞典 (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 蚯 | 蚓 |