蠕蟲

See also: 蠕虫

Chinese

		to squirm; to wiggle; to wriggle	animal; insect
trad. (蠕蟲)		蠕	蟲
simp. (蠕虫)		蠕	虫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rúchóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄔㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ cung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rúchóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rúchóng
    • Wade–Giles: ju²-chʻung²
    • Yale: rú-chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruchorng
    • Palladius: жучун (žučun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ cung⁴
    • Yale: yùh chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

Noun

蠕蟲

1. worm (invertebrate animal)
2. (computing) worm (self-replicating program)

Synonyms

• (worm: invertebrate animal): 蠕形動物／蠕形动物 (ruǎnxíng dòngwù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蠕	蟲
ぜん Hyōgaiji	ちゅう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

蠕(ぜん)蟲(ちゅう) • (zenchū) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 蠕虫