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Chinese

(insect prefix)
trad. (螞螂) 螞 螂
simp. (蚂螂) 蚂 螂
alternative forms 馬郎／马郎
馬螂／马螂
螞愣／蚂愣
螞蛉／蚂蛉
麻螂 Xi'an

Pronunciation

Noun

螞螂

  1. (chiefly Mandarin, colloquial) dragonfly

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蜻蜓 (“dragonfly”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 蜻, 蜻蜓, 蜻蛉, 虰蛵
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 蜻蜓
Taxonomic name 蜻蜓
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 螞螂, 老琉璃, 琉璃, 蜻蜓
Taiwan 蜻蜓
Langfang 螞螂
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 螞螂兒
Harbin 蜻蜓, 螞螂
Shenyang 螞螂
Singapore 蜻蜓
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 老褐, 老蜓
Tangshan 螞螂
Cangzhou 螞螂
Baoding 螞螂
Shijiazhuang 螞螂兒
Jinan 蜻蜓
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 蜻蜓兒, 老老擔兒
Qingdao 蜻蜓
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 虰虰
Daming 抨抨砣
Wanrong 棒槌
Zhengzhou 虰虰, 麥虰虰
Xi'an 螞螂
Xining 蜻蜓
Xuzhou 光光蜓
Pizhou 光光蜓
Lianyungang (Ganyu) 老官, 官蜓蜓
Donghai 官蜻蜓
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 老虎招招
Lanzhou 春官
Ürümqi 蜻蜓
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 虰虰貓兒, 蜻蜓
Wuhan 虰虰
Guiyang 蜻蜓
Kunming 蜻蜓
Guilin 蜻蜓
Guanyang 咩咩蛘
Pingle 咩咩蛘
Liuzhou 塘咩, 蜻蜓
Luzhai 蜻蜓
Tianlin (Langping) 沙蛘
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 蜻蜻, 蜻蜓
Yangzhou 蜻蜻子
Baoying 蜻蜻子
Taizhou 蜻蜓兒
Zhenjiang 蜻蜻兒
Lianyungang 蜻蜻
Huai'an (Huaiyin) 馬蜻蜻
Xuyi 蜻蜻
Nantong 蜻虰, 蜻蛉兒
Rugao 蜻蛉兒
Yancheng 鮮鮮
Funing 蜻蜻
Sihong 馬蜻蜻
Hefei 蜻蜻, 蜻蜻子
Huanggang 蜻雀兒
Mandarin Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle) 螞螂
Cantonese Guangzhou 塘尾
Hong Kong 蜻蜓, 塘尾
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 囊蜊
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 囊蜺
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 囊蜊
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 囊蜊
Macau 塘尾
Guangzhou (Panyu) 塘尾
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 揚尾
Guangzhou (Conghua) 囊泥
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 囊蜊
Foshan 塘尾
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 塘尾
Foshan (Shunde) 塘蜊
Foshan (Sanshui) 塘尾
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 塘尾
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 塘尾
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 蟲尾
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 塘尾
Zhuhai (Doumen) 囊蜺
Jiangmen (Baisha) 郎里
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 囊蜺
Taishan 黃尾
Kaiping (Chikan) 黃蜺
Enping (Niujiang) 禾狸
Heshan (Yayao) 娘迷
Dongguan 䗧蛜
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 塘泥
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 蜋蜺
Qingyuan 黃尾池
Fogang 囊泥
Yingde (Hanguang) 楊眉池
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) 蜻蜓
Shaoguan 塘蜊
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 蜋尾
Renhua 羅尾仔
Lechang 塘尾, 後尾
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 塘尾
Sihui 落尼
Guangning 塘尼
Deqing 塘尼
Huaiji 蜋蜊
Yunfu 塘尾
Xinxing 塘尾
Luoding 塘尼
Yangjiang 朋蜺
Xinyi 癩痢
Maoming (Xinpo) 囊呢
Nanning 塘咩
Wuzhou 塘蜺
Yulin 塘蜺
Hepu (Lianzhou) 蜻蜓
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 塘尾
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 塘尾
Gan Nanchang 虰虰, 蜻蜓
Lichuan 港雞
Pingxiang 揚尾
Hakka Meixian 囊蜺仔, 囊蜺, 囊尾
Xingning 黃咪哩
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 囊蜺
Huiyang 黃蜺仔, 黃蜺
Huidong (Daling) 黃蜺仔
Dongguan (Qingxi) 黃蜺
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 黃蜺
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 黃蜺
Wuhua (Huacheng) 黃尾哩, 娘尾哩
Wuhua (Meilin) 囊蜺哩
Heyuan (Bendihua) 囊蜺
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 龍蟻子
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 囊蜺
Liannan 囊蜺
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 囊蜺
Jiexi 囊蜺
Changting 挪尾
Wuping 羊必子
Wuping (Pingyu) 揚尾子
Liancheng 蒙里
Ninghua 管胚
Yudu 塘尾
Ruijin 囊蟻子
Shicheng 康雞
Shangyou (Shexi) 塘子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 揚尾仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 揚尾仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 囊蜺仔, 揚尾仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 揚尾
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 囊蜺仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 蛘蜺
Hong Kong 黃蜺
Luchuan 螗蜊
Sabah (Longchuan) 囊蜺
Senai (Huiyang) 囊蜺
Huizhou Jixi 蜓蜓
Jin Taiyuan 兒蜻
Pingyao 水師婆
Xinzhou 河蟢蟢
Hohhot 蜻蜓
Zhangjiakou 水池牌兒
Handan 水蜓蜓
Northern Min Jian'ou 刊魁
Songxi 紅魁仔
Zhenghe 狐狸仔
Jianyang 刊魁仔, 刊魁
Wuyishan 刊魁
Eastern Min Fuzhou 螞蝴
Fuzhou (Changle) 蜻胲
Fuqing 茶茶娘
Yongtai 蜻胲
Gutian 蜻𧉪
Fu'an 蜻𧉪
Ningde 蜻𧉪娘
Shouning 蜻𧉪
Zhouning 蜻𧉪
Fuding 蜻𧉪
Matsu 螞蝴
Southern Min Xiamen 田嬰
Xiamen (Heshan) 𧌄嬰
Quanzhou 田嬰
Jinjiang 田嬰, 山蜊
Anxi 含嬰
Yongchun 田嬰
Dehua 田嬰
Zhangzhou 田嬰
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 田嬰
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 蜻咩
Pinghe 田嬰
Zhangpu 田嬰
Zhao'an 山咩
Zhao'an (Sidu) 山咩
Zhao'an (Tingyang, Baiyang) 蝪蚭
Zhao'an (Wenshan, Taiping) 蝪蚭
Dongshan 田嬰, 山咩 rural
Taipei 𧌄嬰
New Taipei (Tamsui) 𧌄嬰
New Taipei (Sanxia) 田嬰
New Taipei (Pingxi) 田嬰
Kaohsiung 田嬰
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 田嬰
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 田嬰
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 田嬰
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 田嬰
Yilan 田嬰
Yilan (Luodong) 田嬰
Yilan (Toucheng) 田嬰
Changhua (Lukang) 田嬰
Changhua (Yongjing) 田嬰
Taichung 田嬰
Taichung (Wuqi) 田嬰
Tainan 田嬰
Tainan (Anping) 田嬰
Taitung 田嬰
Hsinchu 田嬰
Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) 田嬰
Kinmen 田嬰
Penghu (Magong) 田嬰
Penghu (Xiyu) 田嬰
Singapore (Hokkien) 田嬰
Manila (Hokkien) 田嬰, 山蜊
Longyan 羅離
Zhangping 臭尼
Zhangping (Yongfu) 新嬰
Datian 翼嬰
Chaozhou 𬠋𧌊
Raoping 𬠋𧌊
Shantou 𬠋𧌊
Shantou (Chenghai) 𬠋𧌊
Nan'ao (Houzhai) 𬠋𧌊
Nan'ao (Yun'ao) 𬠋𧌊
Jieyang 𬠋𧌊
Haifeng 𬠋𧌊
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 𬠋𧌊
Singapore (Teochew) 𬠋𧌊
Leizhou 蛅蛉
Wenchang 雙枒, 雙夏, 雙翼
Haikou 蜻蜓
Qionghai 雙枒, 雙翼
Puxian Min Putian 千咪叉, 千咪蝦, 千咪
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 交蝦蜱
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 沖蜱
Xianyou 八赤蝦, 八里蝦
Xianyou (Fengting) 田蜱蝦
Xianyou (Youyang) 田蜱
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 木魚
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 蛜嬰
Wu Shanghai 蜻蜓, 蜻蜓
Shanghai (Chongming) 新人
Suzhou 蜻蜓
Wuxi 蜻蜓, 虰蜻
Changshu 蜻蜓
Nantong (Haimen) 蜻蜓
Changzhou 蜻蜓
Danyang 蜻蜓, 蜻蜓蜓, 蜓
Nanjing (Zhongbao, Gaochun) 麻杠杠
Hangzhou 蜻蜓
Ningbo 蜻蜓
Wenzhou 蜻蜓
Jinhua 蜻蜓
Xiang Changsha 洋咪咪
Xiangtan 洋眯眯
Loudi 洋咪咪
Shuangfeng 洋洋蠛, 洋媽蠛
Hengyang 洋咪咪
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