蜂蝦

Chinese

		bee; wasp	shrimp; prawn
trad. (蜂蝦)		蜂	蝦
simp. (蜂虾)		蜂	虾

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phang-hê / phang-hêe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pang¹ hê⁵

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phang-hê
    • Tâi-lô: phang-hê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phanghee
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ he²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ he²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² he²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phang-hêe
    • Tâi-lô: phang-hêe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɛ¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pang¹ hê⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phang hê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaŋ³³⁻²³ he⁵⁵/

Noun

蜂蝦

1. (Southern Min) silkworm chrysalis
2. (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) bee pupa

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蠶蛹 (“silkworm chrysalis”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蠶蛹
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	蠶蛹
	Harbin	蠶蛹兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	蠶蛹兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	蠶蛹兒, 蛹兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蠶蛹兒
	Xi'an	蠶蛹, 蠶蛹兒
	Xuzhou	蠶蛹
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	蠶殼殼子
	Ürümqi	蠶蛹
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	蠶妞兒, 蠶蛹
	Wuhan	蠶蛹兒
	Guiyang	蠶蛹
	Liuzhou	蠶蛹
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	蠶蛹
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蠶蠓, 蠶蟲
	Dongguan	蠶蛹
Gan	Nanchang	蠶蛹
	Lichuan	蠶蛹
Hakka	Meixian	蠶竇
Huizhou	Jixi	蠶種
Jin	Taiyuan	蠶蛹
	Pingyao	蠶蛹蛹
	Xinzhou	巧牛兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	冬筍仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	老虎囝
	Fuqing	花生仁, 蛹
Southern Min	Xiamen	蜂蝦, 娘仔豆, 娘仔蝦
	Zhangzhou	蜂蝦
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蠶蛹
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	蠶蛹
	Suzhou	蠶蛹
	Danyang	蠶蛹兒
	Hangzhou	蠶肉兒
	Ningbo	蠶蛹
	Wenzhou	蠶蛹

Dialectal synonyms of 蜂蛹 (“bee pupa”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蜂蛹
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	蜂蛹
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	蜂子兒
Hakka	Meixian	蜂子
Southern Min	Zhangzhou	蜂芽, 蜂蝦
	Tainan	蜂蝦
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蜂蛹

References

• “蜂蝦”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• 周长楫 [Zhou, Changji], editor (2006), “蜂虾”, in 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Southern Min dialects] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 [Fujian People's Publishing House], →ISBN, page 448.