蠐螬

See also: 蛴螬

Chinese

			larva of Mimela lucidula
trad. (蠐螬)		蠐	螬
simp. (蛴螬)		蛴	螬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qícáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄘㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cai⁴ cou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qícáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄘㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cícáo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-tsʻao²
    • Yale: chí-tsáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyitsaur
    • Palladius: цицао (cicao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cai⁴ cou⁴
    • Yale: chàih chòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsai⁴ tsou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cei⁴ cou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐi̯²¹ t͡sʰou̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzej dzaw

Rime
Character	蠐	螬
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	徂奚切	昨勞切
Baxter	dzej	dzaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zei/	/d͡zɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zei/	/d͡zɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zɛi/	/d͡zɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zɛj/	/d͡zaw/
Li Rong	/d͡zei/	/d͡zɑu/
Wang Li	/d͡ziei/	/d͡zɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱiei/	/d͡zʱɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí	cáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cai4	cou4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zliːl|zlil  zluː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蠐	蠐	螬
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	10055	10072	1155
Phonetic component	齊	齊	曹
Rime group	脂	脂	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	齊	茨	曹
Old Chinese	/*zliːl/	/*zlil/	/*zluː/
Notes		原作蟲在齊中， 注又音疾兮切， 齊韻正作此體

Noun

蠐螬

1. scarab beetle grub (Classifier: 條／条 m)

Synonyms

• 土蠶／土蚕
• 地蠶／地蚕 (dìcán)
• (Hokkien) 土蟲／土虫

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蠐螬):

• → Korean: 제조(蠐螬) (jejo)