西瓜蟲

Chinese

		western melon; watermelon	animal; insect
trad. (西瓜蟲)		西瓜	蟲
simp. (西瓜虫)		西瓜	虫

Pronunciation

• Jin (Wiktionary): xi¹ gua¹ cung¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹shi-ko-zon

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• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: xi¹ gua¹ cung¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /ɕi¹¹ kua¹¹ t͡sʰuŋ¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹shi-ko-zon
    • MiniDict: shi^平 ko zon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xi-ko-zon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi⁵⁵ ko³³ zoŋ²¹/

Noun

西瓜蟲

1. (Jin) Chinese ground beetle (Eupolyphaga sinensis)
2. (Wu) roly-poly; potato bug (Armadillidium vulgare)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 地鱉 (“ground beetle”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		地鱉, 土鱉
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	地鱉, 地鱉蟲
	Harbin	土鱉
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	土鱉
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	土鱉
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	簸箕蟲, 地鱉
	Xi'an	簸箕蟲
	Xuzhou	土鱉子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	土鱉
	Ürümqi	鞋底板
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	地烏龜, 地鱉蟲
	Wuhan	地團魚
	Guiyang	地鱉蟲
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	土鱉
	Yangzhou	地鱉蟲子
Cantonese	Dongguan	地鱉
Gan	Pingxiang	土鱉
Hakka	Meixian	地蚻仔
Huizhou	Jixi	土鱉, 土鱉蟲
Jin	Taiyuan	缽缽蟲, 西瓜蟲
Southern Min	Xiamen	塗鱉
	Jinjiang	塗𧑹
	Zhangzhou	塗鱉
Wu	Shanghai	地鱉蟲
	Shanghai (Chongming)	地皮蟲
	Suzhou	地鱉蟲
	Danyang	地鱉蟲
	Hangzhou	地鱉蟲
	Ningbo	地鱉蟲
	Jinhua	地鱉蟲
Xiang	Changsha	土鱉