米蟲

See also: 米虫

Chinese

		rice; metre	animal; insect
trad. (米蟲)		米	蟲
simp. (米虫)		米	虫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): mǐchóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ ㄔㄨㄥˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mi³ cong²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mí-chhùng
• Northern Min (KCR): mì-tông
• Eastern Min (BUC): mī-*tè̤ng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-thâng
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mi-zon
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): mi³ zhong²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǐchóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǐchóng
    • Wade–Giles: mi³-chʻung²
    • Yale: mǐ-chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miichorng
    • Palladius: мичун (mičun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: mi³ cong²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: micung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵³ t͡sʰoŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mí-chhùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: mi^ˋ cung^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi³ cung²
    • Sinological IPA: /mi³¹ t͡sʰuŋ¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mì-tông
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁴² tʰɔŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mī-*tè̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³³⁻²¹ tʰøyŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-thâng
    • Tâi-lô: bí-thâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: by'taang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰaŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰaŋ²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶mi-zon
    • MiniDict: mi^去 zon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mi-zon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mi²² zoŋ⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: mi³ zhong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /mi⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /mi⁴¹ t͡sən¹³/

Noun

米蟲

1. rice weevil
2. (figurative) good-for-nothing; freeloader

Synonyms

• (rice weevil): 米象 (mǐxiàng), 穀牛／谷牛 (gǔniú); (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Wu) 牛子 (niúzǐ); (Hokkien) 米𧉟, 米蚼; (Wu) 米蛀蟲／米蛀虫
• (good-for-nothing): (Cantonese) 蛀米大蟲／蛀米大虫 (zyu⁵ mai⁵ daai⁶ cung⁴)