蟲蟲

Chinese

		animal; insect	animal; insect
trad. (蟲蟲)		蟲	蟲
simp. (虫虫)		虫	虫
alternative forms		爞爞

Etymology

Sino-Tibetan; cognate with 融 (OC *luŋ, “hot air, steam, heat”), Burmese လောင် (laung, “burn, scald”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chóngchóng, tóngtóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄥˊ, ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ cung⁴ / tung⁴ tung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chóngchóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chóngchóng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻung²-chʻung²
    • Yale: chúng-chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chorngchorng
    • Palladius: чунчун (čunčun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóngtóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóngtóng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²-tʻung²
    • Yale: túng-túng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngtorng
    • Palladius: тунтун (tuntun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung⁴ cung⁴ / tung⁴ tung⁴
    • Yale: chùhng chùhng / tùhng tùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ tsung⁴ / tung⁴ tung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ cung⁴ / tung⁴ tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/, /tʰʊŋ²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/

Adjective

蟲蟲

1. Alternative form of 爞爞
   1. to steam
   2. stifling; suffocating

      • 旱既大甚、蘊隆蟲蟲。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
        旱既大甚、蕴隆虫虫。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

        From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

        Hàn jì dàshèn, yùn lóng tóngtóng. [Pinyin]

        The drought is excessive; its fervours become more and more tormenting.