蝘蜓

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (蝘蜓)		蝘	蜓
simp. #(蝘蜓)		蝘	蜓

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎntíng, yǎndiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄧㄥˊ, ㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin² ting⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ián-thêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎntíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎntíng
    • Wade–Giles: yen³-tʻing²
    • Yale: yǎn-tíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeantyng
    • Palladius: яньтин (janʹtin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰiŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎndiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎndiàn
    • Wade–Giles: yen³-tien⁴
    • Yale: yǎn-dyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeandiann
    • Palladius: яньдянь (janʹdjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin² ting⁴
    • Yale: yín tìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin² ting⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin² ting⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³⁵ tʰɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ián-thêng
    • Tâi-lô: ián-thîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iefnteeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɪŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'enX denX

Rime
Character	蝘	蜓
Reading #	2/2	1/3
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	於殄切	徒典切
Baxter	'enX	denX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔenX/	/denX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔenX/	/denX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɛnX/	/dɛnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɛnX/	/dɛnX/
Li Rong	/ʔenX/	/denX/
Wang Li	/ienX/	/dienX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔienX/	/dʱienX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎn	diàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin2	din6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qeːnʔ  l'eːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝘	蜓
Reading #	1/2	1/3
No.	14381	12412
Phonetic component	妟	廷
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	蝘	殄
Old Chinese	/*qeːnʔ/	/*l'eːnʔ/

Noun

蝘蜓

1. gecko

   • 今子乃以鴟梟而笑鳳皇，執蝘蜓而嘲龜龍，不亦病乎！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     今子乃以鸱枭而笑凤皇，执蝘蜓而嘲龟龙，不亦病乎！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. late 1st century BCE, Yang Xiong (揚雄), Retort to Ridicules (《解嘲》)

     Jīn zǐ nǎi yǐ chīxiāo ér xiào fènghuáng, zhí yǎntíng ér cháo guīlóng, bùyì bìng hū! [Pinyin]

     Now, sir, you laugh at the phoenix as an owl, and you hold up a gecko and mock the great tortoise and dragon. Are you not in the wrong?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 壁虎 (“gecko; house lizard”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蝘蜓, 守宮
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		壁虎
Taxonomic name		壁虎
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	蠍虎子, 蠍了虎子, 蠍拉虎子
	Taiwan	壁虎, 守宮
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	蠍拉虎子
	Harbin	蠍虎子
	Shenyang	馬舌子
	Malaysia	壁虎
	Singapore	壁虎
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	蠍拉虎子
	Jinan	蠍虎子, 蠍虎簾子, 壁虎
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	蠍虎子
	Qingdao	蠍虎子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蠍虎
	Wanrong	蛇虎子, 蠍虎子
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	蛇兒子
	Zhengzhou	蠍虎
	Xi'an	蠍虎子, 蛇夫子
	Xining	麻蛇子, 蠍虎子
	Xuzhou	蠍虎子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	巴壁虎兒, 四腳蛇
	Wuhan	壁虎子
	Guiyang	巴壁虎
	Kunming	壁虎
	Guilin	壁虎
	Liuzhou	壁虎, 四腳蛇
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	壁虎
	Yangzhou	壁虎子
	Nantong	壁虎子
	Hefei	蠍虎子, 四腳蛇
	Huanggang	壁虎兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	檐蛇
	Hong Kong	檐蛇, 壁虎, 四腳蛇, 四腳爬爬
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	檐蛇
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	檐蛇
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	壁蛇仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	壁蛇仔
	Macau	檐蛇
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	檐蛇
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	檐蛇
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	偷鹽蛇
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	檐蛇
	Foshan	檐蛇
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	檐蛇
	Foshan (Shunde)	檐蛇
	Foshan (Sanshui)	舔鹽蛇
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	蠅虎
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	檐蛇
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	偷鹽蛇
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	四腳蛇
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	偷鹽蛇
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	四腳蛇
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	四腳蛇
	Taishan	四腳蛇
	Kaiping (Chikan)	四腳蛇
	Enping (Niujiang)	檐蛇
	Heshan (Yayao)	蠄虎
	Dongguan	檐蛇, 炮公魚
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	百公蛇
	Shaoguan	檐蛇
	Yunfu	偷鹽蛇
	Yangjiang	檐頭蛇, 懶飯蛇
	Xinyi	偷鹽蛇
	Lianjiang	偷鹽蛇
	Nanning	檐蛇
	Wuzhou	檐蛇
	Yulin	草檐鼠
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	檐蛇
	Penang (Guangfu)	檐蛇
	Singapore (Guangfu)	檐蛇
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	檐蛇
Gan	Nanchang	壁蛇子, 壁蛇
	Lichuan	壁虎
	Pingxiang	蜘虎
Hakka	Meixian	檐蛇仔, 檐蛇
	Xingning	壁蛇
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	檐蛇
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	壁蛇, 檐蛇
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	壁蛇
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	壁蛇
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	檐蛇
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	四腳蛇
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	狗嫲臊
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	檐蛇
	Changting	螭虎
	Wuping	壁
	Wuping (Pingyu)	壁蛇子
	Liancheng	壁虎子
	Ninghua	壁虎子
	Yudu	壁虎, 血子, 壁蛇子
	Ruijin	壁蛇子
	Shicheng	伏壁, 狗婆蛇
	Shangyou (Shexi)	壁蛇子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	壁蛇, 檐蛇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	壁蛇, 壁蛇仔, 黏蛇仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	壁蛇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	壁蛇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	壁蛇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	飛蒂仔, 貼壁蛇
	Hong Kong	壁蛇
	Sabah (Longchuan)	壁蛇
	Senai (Huiyang)	壁蛇
	Kuching (Hepo)	檐蛇
	Singkawang	檐蛇
Huizhou	Jixi	壁虎
	Shexian	壁壁虎
	Wuyuan	壁虎
	Fuliang	壁虎哩
	Dexing	壁虎
Jin	Taiyuan	蠍虎兒
	Pingyao	蠍虎兒
	Xinzhou	蠍虎兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	壁哩蜥
	Songxi	厝貼
	Zhenghe	厝鐵
	Jianyang	木客仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	𧕇
	Fuzhou (Changle)	五爪龍
	Fuqing	𧕇
	Yongtai	檐鼠
	Gutian	𧕇
	Fu'an	牆魚
	Ningde	𧕇虎
	Shouning	牆魚
	Zhouning	杜靛
Southern Min	Xiamen	蟮蟲
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	蟮蟲
	Quanzhou	蟮蟲
	Jinjiang	蟮蟲
	Zhangzhou	蟮蟲
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	蟮蟲
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	蟮蟲
	Zhao'an	蟮蟲
	Taipei	蟮蟲仔, 守宮
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	蟮蟲仔
	Kaohsiung	蟮蟲
	Yilan	蟮蟲, 壁虎
	Changhua (Lukang)	蟮蟲
	Taichung	蟮蟲仔
	Tainan	蟮蟲仔
	Hsinchu	蟮蟲
	Kinmen	蟮蟲
	Penghu (Magong)	蟮蟲
	Penang (Hokkien)	蟮蟲, cicak
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蟮蟲
	Manila (Hokkien)	蟮蟲
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	檐蛇
	Chaozhou	檐龍
	Shantou	檐龍
	Shantou (Chenghai)	檐龍
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	蟮蟲
	Jieyang	檐龍, 胡蠅虎
	Puning	檐龍, 神龍
	Haifeng	檐蛇
	Bangkok (Teochew)	檐龍
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	檐龍
	Singapore (Teochew)	檐龍
	Pontianak (Teochew)	檐龍
	Leizhou	孫龍
	Wenchang	神郎
	Haikou	龍船
	Singapore (Hainanese)	神郎
Puxian Min	Putian	爬豆
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	頭毛檐蛇, 跤毛檐蛇, 檐蛇
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	檐蛇
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	檐蛇子
Wu	Shanghai	壁虎, 四腳蛇
	Shanghai (Chongming)	壁虎
	Suzhou	壁虎子, 四腳蛇 southern suburbs
	Wuxi	壁虎
	Danyang	壁虎子, 壁虎, 四腳蛇
	Hangzhou	壁虎兒, 壁虎
	Ningbo	壁虎, 壁老虎, 四腳蛇
	Wenzhou	五爪龍, 白蟻龍
	Jinhua	蠍壁虎, 蠍壁虎兒
Xiang	Changsha	壁虎, 壁虎子, 巴壁虎
	Shuangfeng	痴虎, 壁虎子
	Quanzhou	壁虎

Derived terms

• 蝘蜓座 (Yǎntíngzuò)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蝘	蜓
とかげ
Hyōgai	Hyōgai
irregular

Etymology

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 蝘蜓.

For pronunciation and definitions of 蝘蜓 – see the following entry.

【蜥蜴とかげ】 [noun] a skink (lizard of family Scincidae) [noun] (by extension) any lizard Alternative spellings 石竜子, 蜥蝪, 戸陰, トカゲ

(This term, 蝘蜓, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)