黃蚻

Chinese

		yellow	Aphrophora maritima
trad. (黃蚻)		黃	蚻
simp. (黄蚻)		黄	蚻
alternative forms		黃𫟗／黄𫟗

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): vòng-chha̍t

  (Meixian, Guangdong): vong² cad⁶

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vòng-chha̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: vong^ˇ cad
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vong² cad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /voŋ¹¹ t͡sʰat̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: vong² cad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ʋɔŋ¹¹ t͡sʰat̚⁵/

Noun

黃蚻

1. (Hakka) cockroach (Classifier: 隻／只 h)
   • 2009 May 17, 江嵐, “阿婆畜ke壁蛇”, in 江嵐客家文學專欄‎^[1]:

     壁蛇he好ke蟲仔，佢會食蚊仔、黃蚻……。 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
     壁蛇he好ke虫仔，佢会食蚊仔、黄蚻……。 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]

     Piak-sà he hó ke chhùng-è, kì voi sṳ̍t mûn-é, vòng-chha̍t....... [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]

     The gecko is a good creature; it eats mosquitoes, cockroaches...

   • 2014, 李漢華, “棒哥个大冒險”, in 一〇二年教育部閩客語文學獎作品集‎^[2]:

     忽然間，𠊎看著一隻烏影當遽个從路脣个溝壢肚竄出，𠊎原本恅著係一隻細老鼠，毋過看真來正發現係一隻史前个生物——黃蚻。 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
     忽然间，𠊎看着一只乌影当遽个从路唇个沟坜肚窜出，𠊎原本恅着系一只细老鼠，毋过看真来正发现系一只史前个生物——黄蚻。 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]

     Fut-yèn-kiên, ngài khon-tó yit chak vû-yáng tông kiak ke chhiùng lu-sùn ke kiêu-lak tú chhon chhut, ngài ngièn-pún láu-tó he yit chak se lo-chhú, m̀-ko khon-chṳ̂n lòi chang fat-hien he yit chak sṳ́-chhièn ke sên-vu̍t — vòng-chha̍t. [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]

     Suddenly, I saw a shadow running out quickly from the sewer at the side of the road. I originally thought it was a small mouse, but I found out after looking closely that it was a prehistoric organism – a cockroach.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蟑螂 (“cockroach”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蜚蠊, 䗅蜋, 香娘子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蟑螂, 蜚蠊
Taxonomic name		蜚蠊
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	老蟑兒, 油炸豆兒
	Taiwan	蟑螂, 小強
	Ulanhot	老蟑
	Tongliao	蟑螂
	Chifeng	蟑螂
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	蟑螂
	Harbin	蟑螂, 老蟑
	Shenyang	老蟑
	Malaysia	蟑螂
	Singapore	蟑螂
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	蟑螂
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	蟑火螂
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	蟑螂
	Xuzhou	蟑螂
Lanyin Mandarin	Bayanhot	蟑螂
	Lanzhou	蟑螂
	Ürümqi	蟑螂, 油蟲
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	偷油婆, 蟑螂
	Chongqing	偷油婆
	Wuhan	灶馬子
	Guiyang	偷油婆
	Kunming	偷油婆
	Liuzhou	偷油婆, 臊甲
	Nanning (Wuming)	騷夾
	Kokang	灶麻雞
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蟑螂
	Yangzhou	蟑木蟲子
	Nantong	蟑木蟲兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	曱甴
	Hong Kong	曱甴, 小強
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	曱甴
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	曱甴
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	曱甴
	Macau	曱甴
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	曱甴
	Taishan	曱甴
	Dongguan	曱甴
	Shaoguan	曱甴
	Yangjiang	曱甴
	Xinyi	曱甴
	Maoming (Xinpo)	曱甴
	Nanning	曱甴
	Nanning (Tanka)	曱甴
	Baise	曱甴
	Beihai	曱甴
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	曱甴
	Penang (Guangfu)	曱甴
	Ipoh (Guangfu)	曱甴
	Singapore (Guangfu)	曱甴
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	曱甴
	Yangon (Taishan)	曱甴
	Mandalay (Taishan)	曱甴
Gan	Nanchang	煠撥子, 赤膊子
	Pengze	鍋灶髦
	Lichuan	蚻
	Pingxiang	油賊婆
	Guixi	煠撥子
Hakka	Meixian	黃蚻
	Xingning	黃蚻
	Huiyang	黃蚻
	Huidong (Daling)	黃蚻
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	黃蚻
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	蜞蚻
	Wengyuan	黃蚻
	Nanxiong (Zhuji)	黃蚻
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	黃蚻
	Liannan	黃蚻
	Jiexi	蜞蚻
	Luhe	蜞蚻
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	黃蚻
	Changting	黃蚻
	Wuping	黃蚻
	Wuping (Yanqian)	黃蚻
	Wuping (Pingyu)	黃蚻
	Liancheng	黃蚻
	Ninghua	黃蚻
	Yudu	黃蚻
	Ningdu	黃蚻
	Ruijin	黃蚻
	Shicheng	黃蚻
	Shangyou (Shexi)	黃蚻
	Tonggu (Sandu)	虼蚻
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	黃蚻
	Dayu	黃蚻
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	黃蚻
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	黃蚻
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	黃蚻
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	黃蚻
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	黃蚻
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	黃蚻
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	黃蚻
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蜞蚻, 蜞蚻仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	黃蚻
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蜞蚻
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	黃蚻
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	黃蚻
	Hong Kong	黃蚻
	Mengshan (Xihe)	黃蚻
	Luchuan	黃蚻
	Sabah (Longchuan)	黃蚻
	Senai (Huiyang)	蜞蚻
	Kuching (Hepo)	蜞蚻
	Singkawang	蜞蚻
Huizhou	Jixi	油蟲
	Shexian	蟑油蟲
	Fuliang	油蟲
Jin	Taiyuan	蟑螂
	Taibus (Baochang)	蟑螂
	Linhe	蟑螂
	Jining	蟑老財
	Hohhot	蟑螂
	Baotou	蟑老財
	Dongsheng	蟑螂
	Haibowan	蟑螂
Jiuxing Yumin	Lanxi	蟑毛蟲
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蚻
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	蚻
	Songxi	蚻
	Zhenghe	蚻
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	蚻
	Jianyang	蚻
	Wuyishan	蚻
	Pucheng (Shibei)	蚻
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	虼蚻
	Fuzhou (Changle)	蚻母
	Fuqing	虼蚻
	Yongtai	虼蚻
	Gutian	蚻母
	Fu'an	蚻
	Ningde	蚻母
	Shouning	蚻
	Zhouning	蚻
	Fuding	蚻, 虼蚻
	Matsu	灶蚻
Southern Min	Xiamen	虼蚻
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	虼蚻
	Quanzhou	虼蚻
	Jinjiang	虼蚻
	Nan'an	虼蚻
	Anxi	虼蚻
	Yongchun	虼蚻
	Dehua	虼蚻
	Zhangzhou	虼蚻
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	虼蚻
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	虼蚻
	Hua'an	虼蚻
	Zhangpu	虼蚻
	Yunxiao	虼蚻
	Dongshan	虼蚻
	Taipei	虼蚻
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	虼蚻
	Kaohsiung	虼蚻
	Yilan	虼蚻
	Changhua (Lukang)	虼蚻
	Taichung	虼蚻
	Taichung (Wuqi)	虼蚻
	Tainan	虼蚻
	Taitung	虼蚻
	Hsinchu	虼蚻
	Kinmen	虼蚻
	Penghu (Magong)	虼蚻
	Penang (Hokkien)	虼蚻
	Singapore (Hokkien)	虼蚻
	Manila (Hokkien)	虼蚻
	Longyan	虼蚻
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	虼蚻仔
	Datian	油蚻
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	虼蚻
	Chaozhou	虼蚻
	Shantou	虼蚻
	Shantou (Chenghai)	虼蚻
	Jieyang	虼蚻
	Haifeng	虼蚻
	Bangkok (Teochew)	虼蚻
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	虼蚻
	Singapore (Teochew)	虼蚻
	Leizhou	虼蚻
	Wenchang	虼蚻
	Haikou	虼蚻
	Singapore (Hainanese)	虼蚻
Puxian Min	Putian	虼蚻
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	虼蚻, 灶雞
	Xianyou	虼蚻
Central Min	Yong'an	蚻
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	蚻
	Sanming (Shaxian)	蚻
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	虼蚻
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	臊甲
Waxiang	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	油蟲
Wu	Shanghai	蟑螂, 小強
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	灶雞, 蟑螂
	Shanghai (Jiading)	蟑螂
	Shanghai (Chongming)	灶鴨
	Suzhou	蟑螂
	Wuxi	蟑螂
	Danyang	蟑螂
	Hangzhou	蟑螂
	Ningbo	蟑螂
	Wenzhou	膠蚻
Xiang	Changsha	偷油婆
	Xiangtan	偷油婆
	Loudi	油鹽蟲
	Quanzhou	臊甲子
Xiangnan Tuhua	Dong'an	油蟲, 偷油婆, 騷家婆
Yuebei Tuhua	Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang)	枯蚻
	Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang)	枯蚻
	Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)	枯蚻
	Renhua (Zhoutian)	枯蚻
	Renhua (Shitang)	枯蚻
	Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou)	枯蚻
	Lechang (Changlai)	枯蚻
	Lechang (Beixiang)	曱甴
	Lechang (Huangpu)	客子婆
	Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)	瞎擦
	Lechang (Sanxi)	臊雞婆