水蟻

Chinese

		water; river	ant
trad. (水蟻)		水	蟻
simp. (水蚁)		水	蚁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐyǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄧˇ

• Puxian Min (Putian, Pouseng Ping'ing): zui³ hyo⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-hiā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐyǐ [Phonetic: shuíyǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěiyǐ
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-i³
    • Yale: shwěi-yǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeiyii
    • Palladius: шуйи (šuji)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zui³ hyo⁵ [Phonetic: zui² yo⁵]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sui⁴⁵³⁻¹³ ^(h-)yɒ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-hiā
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-hiā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'hia
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hia³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hia²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hia³³/

Noun

水蟻

1. winged ant (usually appears before strong rain)

Synonyms

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• 大水婆 (Xianyou Puxian Min)
• 大水蝶 (Hokkien)
• 大水蝶仔 (Hokkien)
• 大水蟻 / 大水蚁 (Hakka, Hokkien)

 

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “水蚁”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 604.