螢火蟲

See also: 萤火虫

Chinese

	firefly; light of firefly	animal; insect
trad. (螢火蟲)	螢火	蟲
simp. (萤火虫)	萤火	虫
alternative forms	洋火蟲／洋火虫 (ian2 ho3 zhong2) Xiang
anagram	火螢蟲／火萤虫

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yínghuǒchóng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄨㄥˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yin² ho³ cong²
Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴ fo² cung⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): ing¹ hue² cung¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yin-hu-zon
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ian² ho³ zhong² / yn² ho³ zhong²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yínghuǒchóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yínghuǒchóng
  - Wade–Giles: ying²-huo³-chʻung²
  - Yale: yíng-hwǒ-chúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ynghuoochorng
  - Palladius: инхочун (inxočun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (螢火蟲兒／萤火虫儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yínghuǒchóngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄨㄥˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yínghuǒchóngr
  - Wade–Giles: ying²-huo³-chʻung²-ʼrh
  - Yale: yíng-hwǒ-chúngr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ynghuoochorngl
  - Palladius: инхочунр (inxočunr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊ̃ɻ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: yin² ho³ cong²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: inxocung
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in²¹ xo⁵³ t͡sʰoŋ²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jing⁴ fo² cung⁴
  - Yale: yìhng fó chùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴ fo² tsung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴ fo² cung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹ fɔː³⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ing¹ hue² cung¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /iŋ¹¹ xuɤ⁵³ t͡sʰuŋ¹¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶yin-hu-zon
  - MiniDict: yin^去 hu zon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhin-hu-zon
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦin²² hu⁵⁵ zoŋ²¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ian² ho³ zhong² / yn² ho³ zhong²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /i̯æn¹³ xo⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ¹³/, /yn¹³ xo⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ¹³/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /i̯æn¹³ xo⁴¹ t͡sən¹³/, /yn¹³ xo⁴¹ t͡sən¹³/

Noun

螢火蟲

firefly; lightning bug; glowworm

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 螢火蟲 (“firefly”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		螢
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		螢火蟲
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	螢火蟲, 螢火蟲兒, 明火蟲兒
	Taiwan	螢火蟲
	Chengde	螢火蟲兒
	Chifeng	螢火蟲
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	螢火蟲
	Heihe	螢火蟲兒
	Qiqihar	螢火蟲
	Harbin	螢火蟲
	Jiamusi	螢火蟲
	Baicheng	螢火蟲
	Changchun	螢火蟲兒
	Tonghua	螢火蟲
	Shenyang	螢火蟲
	Jinzhou	螢火蟲兒, 螢火蟲
	Singapore	螢火蟲
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	螢火蟲
	Tangshan	螢火蟲
	Cangzhou	螢火蟲
	Baoding	螢火蟲
	Shijiazhuang	螢火蟲
	Lijin	螢火蟲
	Jinan	螢火蟲
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	狗達蟲兒
	Dandong	螢火蟲
	Yantai	狗屎蟲兒
	Yantai (Muping)	鉤死蟲兒
	Qingdao	狗屎蟲兒
	Zhucheng	螢火蟲
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	明火蟲兒
	Lingbao	明晃兒蟲
	Jining	螢火兒蟲兒
	Wanrong	明火蟲
	Linfen	明火蟲
	Shangqiu	螢火蟲
	Yuanyang	螢火蟲
	Zhengzhou	螢火蟲兒
	Xinyang	亮亮蟲兒
	Baihe	亮花蟲
	Xi'an	螢火蟲兒, 明火蟲兒, 明火蟲
	Baoji	螢火蟲
	Tianshui	明火蟲
	Xining	螢火蟲兒
	Xuzhou	螢火蟲兒, 螢火蟲, 火兒火兒蟲兒, 火兒火兒蟲
	Fuyang	螢火蟲, 火明蟲
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	螢火蟲
	Lanzhou	螢火蟲
	Dunhuang	螢火蟲
	Hami	螢火蟲
	Ürümqi	螢火蟲
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	亮火蟲, 螢火蟲
	Nanchong	螢火蟲
	Dazhou	螢火蟲
	Hanyuan	亮火兒蟲
	Xichang	螢火蟲
	Zigong	螢火蟲, 亮火蟲
	Chongqing	亮火蟲兒
	Wuhan	亮火蟲, 螢火蟲
	Yichang	螢火蟲, 亮花蟲
	Xiangyang	螢火蟲
	Tianmen	蒙火蟲, 明火蟲
	Guiyang	亮火蟲
	Zunyi	亮火蟲
	Bijie	火亮蟲
	Liping	陽火蟲
	Zhaotong	亮火蟲
	Dali	螢火蟲
	Kunming	螢火蟲
	Mengzi	明火蟲
	Guilin	螢火蟲
	Guilin (Lingui)	螢火蟲
	Liuzhou	螢火蟲, 亮火蟲
	Liuzhou (Luorong)	螢火蟲
	Nanning (Wuming)	螢火蟲
	Jishou	亮火爬爬
	Changde	螢火蟲兒, 滴滴矮
	Yongzhou	螢火蟲
	Hanzhong	螢火蟲, 明火蟲
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	螢火蟲, 火螢蟲蟲
	Yangzhou	螢火蟲子, 螢火蟲, 火螢蟲子, 火螢蟲
	Lianyungang	火螢蟲
	Lianshui	螢火蟲, 火螢蟲
	Nantong	螢火蟲, 火螢蟲, 火焰蟲兒
	Anqing	螢火蟲, 火亮蟲兒
	Wuhu	螢火蟲
	Hefei	螢火蟲, 火螢蟲
Mandarin	Nanping (Yanping)	螢火火
Cantonese	Guangzhou	螢火蟲, 放光蟲
	Hong Kong	螢火蟲
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	螢火蟲
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	螢火蟲
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	火焰蟲, 螢火蟲
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	螢火蟲
	Macau	螢火蟲
	Macau (Tanka)	火蚊, 放火蚊
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	螢火蟲
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	洋火
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	螢火
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	洋火
	Foshan	螢火蟲
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	火螢
	Foshan (Shunde)	螢火蟲
	Foshan (Sanshui)	螢火蟲
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	螢火蟲
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	螢火蟲
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	螢火蟲
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	螢火蟲
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	螢火蟲
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	螢火蟲
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	螢火蟲
	Taishan	明火蟲, 螢火仔
	Taishan (Guanghai)	螢火蟲
	Kaiping (Chikan)	螢火蟲, 鬼火
	Enping (Niujiang)	陽火蟲
	Heshan (Yayao)	螢火蟲
	Dongguan	螢火蟲, 螢火
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	洋火
	Qingyuan	螢火蟲
	Fogang	螢火仔
	Yingde (Hanguang)	火螢蟲
	Yangshan	螢火蟲
	Lianshan (Butian)	螢火蟲
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	螢火蟲
	Shaoguan	螢火蟲
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	火映蟲, 螢火蟲
	Renhua	螢火蟲
	Lechang	螢火蟲
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	螢火蟲
	Sihui	螢火娘
	Guangning	蚊火娘
	Deqing	螢火蟲
	Huaiji	螢火蟲
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	螢火蟲
	Yunfu	熱火仔
	Xinxing	螢火仔
	Yangjiang	蚊火仔
	Xinyi	火炎蟲
	Lianjiang	螢火蟲
	Nanning	螢火蟲
	Nanning (Tanka)	火光蟲
	Wuzhou	放光蟲, 文火蟲
	Yulin	夜光蟲
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	入夜蟲
	Hepu (Shatian)	火蟲
	Guiping	螢火蟲
	Guiping (Jintian)	火螢蟲
	Mengshan (Xihe)	螢火蟲
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	螢火蟲
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	螢火蟲
	Baise	螢火蟲
	Bobai	螢火蟲
Lingshan	螢火蟲
Pubei	螢火蟲
Qinzhou	螢火蟲
Beihai	螢火蟲
Beihai (Nankang)	螢光蟲
Beihai (Yingpan)	點火蟲, 蚊點火
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	螢火蟲, 放光蟲, 火蟲
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	放光蟲, 火蟲, 螢蟲
Ningming	螢火蟲
Hengzhou	螢火蟲
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	螢火蟲
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	火燃蟲, 螢火蟲
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	螢火蟲
Ipoh (Guangfu)	螢火蟲
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	螢火蟲
Móng Cái	火燃蟲
Gan	Nanchang	夜火蟲
	Lichuan	搖花蟲
	Pingxiang	螢火蟲
Hakka	Meixian	火炎蟲
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	放火必畢
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	火焰蟲
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	火焰蟲
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	螢火蟲, 放光蟲, 火焰蟲
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	火焰蟲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	火焰蟲
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	火焰蟲
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	火焰蟲
	Wuhua (Changbu)	火焰蟲
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	火焰蟲
	Wengyuan	火炎蟲
	Nanxiong (Zhuji)	揚火
	Liannan	火焰蟲
	Jiexi	火焰蟲
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	火焰蟲
	Changting	火炎蟲
	Wuping	火炎蟲
	Wuping (Yanqian)	火炎蟲
	Ninghua	洋火蟲
	Yudu	夜火蟲
	Ningdu	炎火蟲
	Shicheng	螢火蟲
	Tonggu (Sandu)	火螢蟲
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	夜火蟲
	Dayu	螢火蟲
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	火焰蟲
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	火焰蟲
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	火焰蟲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	火黏蟲
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	火炎蟲
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	火炎蟲
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	火炎蟲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	火焰蟲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	火黏蟲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	火焰蟲
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	火焰蟲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	火焰蟲
	Hong Kong	火焰蟲, 放光蟲
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	炎火子
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	炎火仔
	Xinyi (Sihe)	火炎蟲
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	火炎蟲
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	火炎蟲
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	火劃蟲
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	火炎蟲
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	火炎蟲
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	火炎蟲
	Luchuan	火焰蟲
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	火螢蟲
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	螢火蟲
	Mashan (Pianlian)	螢火蟲
	Senai (Huiyang)	火焰蟲
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	火焰蟲
	Singkawang	火焰蟲
Huizhou	Jixi	火螢蟲
Huizhou	Shexian	火焰蟲
Jin	Taiyuan	螢火蟲, 明牛牛
	Pingyao	鬼燈燈, 明火蟲兒
	Yangyuan	螢火蟲兒
	Datong	螢火蟲兒
	Xinzhou	明火蟲兒
	Lüliang (Lishi)	明圪蟲蟲
	Changzhi	夜明蟲兒
	Linhe	螢火蟲兒
	Jining	螢火蟲
	Hohhot	螢火蟲
	Erenhot	螢火蟲
	Pingshan	明晃蟲兒
	Zhangjiakou	螢火蟲
	Handan	螢火蟲兒
	Linzhou	明火蟲兒
	Suide	夜火蟲兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	火螢蟲
	Songxi	火螢嫲
	Zhenghe	火螢嫲
	Jianyang	火螢蟲
	Wuyishan	火螢蟲
	Pucheng (Shibei)	火螢蟲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	藍尾星
	Fuzhou (Changle)	尾星
	Fuqing	㸎尾星
	Yongtai	藍尾星
	Gutian	火炭螢
	Fu'an	藍尾蜞
	Ningde	藍尾蜞
	Shouning	藍尾蜞
	Zhouning	儂尾蜞
	Fuding	螢尾蜞
Southern Min	Xiamen	火金蛄, 火焰蛄
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	殼仔家
	Quanzhou	火螢
	Jinjiang	火螢
	Hui'an	火青螻
	Yongchun	火螢
	Zhangzhou	水督, 火金蛄
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	火金星, 火金蛄
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	蛄䟙
	Zhangpu	火金蛄, 火金蛄仔
	Zhao'an	火焰蛄
	Zhao'an (Sidu)	火焰蛄
	Zhao'an (Tingyang, Baiyang)	火焰蛄
	Zhao'an (Wenshan, Taiping)	火焰公
	Dongshan	火焰蛄
	Taipei	火金蛄
	Taipei (Wanhua)	火金蛄
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	火金蛄
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	火金星
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	火金蛄
	Kaohsiung	火金星, 火金蛄
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	火金蛄
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	火金蛄
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	暗吪仔, 火金蛄
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	火金蛄
	Yilan	火金蛄
	Yilan (Toucheng)	火金蛄
	Changhua (Lukang)	火金蛄
	Taichung	火金蛄
	Taichung (Wuqi)	火金蛄
	Tainan	火金星, 火金蛄
	Tainan (Anping)	火金星, 火金蛄
	Taitung	火金蛄仔
	Hsinchu	火金蛄
	Kinmen	火金星, 紅娘仔
	Penghu (Magong)	火金蛄
	Penang (Hokkien)	火金星
	Singapore (Hokkien)	火金蛄
	Longyan	火螢螢
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	螢火嬰
	Datian	油火螢
	Pingnan (Pingtian)	點火蟲
	Pingnan (Sijie)	點光蟲
	Guiping (Xiaowen)	點火蟲
	Guiping (Dongsheng)	放光蟲
	Pingle (Zhoutang)	螢火蟲
	Lechang (Tatou)	火蟲蛄
	Yingde (Yuzui)	火金蛄, 火焰蛄
	Yunan (Liantan)	火金蛄
	Chaozhou	火暝蛄, 火暝
	Raoping	火焰蛄
	Shantou	火暝蛄
	Shantou (Chenghai)	火暝蛄
	Jieyang	火暝蛄, 火暝
	Haifeng	火金蛄
	Bangkok (Teochew)	火金蛄
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	火暝
	Leizhou	光蟲
	Wenchang	火目星
	Haikou	火目星
Puxian Min	Putian	火暝螬
Puxian Min	Xianyou	螢母燈
Central Min	Yong'an	蟻火珠, 蛾火珠珠
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	蛾火
	Sanming (Shaxian)	螢火
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	火蠅火
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	亮火蟲
	Nanning (Shajing)	螢火蟲
	Binyang (Xinqiao)	螢火蟲
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	要火蟲
	Guilin (Chaoyang)	螢火蟲
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	螢火蟲
	Lingchuan (Tanxia)	螢火蟲
Shehua	Chaozhou	火焰蟲
Wu	Shanghai	螢火蟲, 游火蟲 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	游火蟲
	Suzhou	游火蟲
	Danyang	火螢蟲
	Hangzhou	螢火蟲兒
	Ningbo	火螢頭
	Wenzhou	火螢光光
	Jinhua	火螢蟲
Xiang	Changsha	螢火蟲, 夜火蟲, 亮火蟲
	Loudi	螢火蟲
	Shuangfeng	夜火蟲
	Quanzhou	螢火蟲
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	螢火蟲