磕頭蟲
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]to kowtow; to kneel and bow low enough to touch one's forehead to the ground | animal; insect | ||
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trad. (磕頭蟲) | 磕頭 | 蟲 | |
simp. (磕头虫) | 磕头 | 虫 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hap6 tau4 cung4
- Jin (Wiktionary): kah4-5 tou1 cung1
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 7kheq-deu-zon
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ ㄊㄡˊ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ketóuchóng
- Wade–Giles: kʻo1-tʻou2-chʻung2
- Yale: kē-tóu-chúng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ketourchorng
- Palladius: кэтоучун (kɛtoučun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hap6 tau4 cung4
- Yale: hahp tàuh chùhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: hap9 tau4 tsung4
- Guangdong Romanization: heb6 teo4 cung4
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɐp̚² tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: kah4-5 tou1 cung1
- Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /kʰaʔ²⁻⁵⁴ tʰəu¹¹ t͡sʰuŋ¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wu
Noun
[edit]磕頭蟲
- click beetle; elater
- (Shanghainese) one who lowers their head when sleeping upright