蟲蟻

Chinese

		animal; insect	ant
trad. (蟲蟻)		蟲	蟻
simp. (虫蚁)		虫	蚁

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chóngyǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ ngai⁵
Eastern Min (BUC): tè̤ng-ngiê
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): tang² hyo⁵ / tang² hya⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thâng-hiā / thâng-hiǎ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chóngyǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chóngyǐ
  - Wade–Giles: chʻung²-i³
  - Yale: chúng-yǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chorngyii
  - Palladius: чунъи (čunʺi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cung⁴ ngai⁵
  - Yale: chùhng ngáih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ ngai⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ ngei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ ŋɐi̯¹³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: tè̤ng-ngiê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰøyŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ŋiɛ²⁴²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: tang² hyo⁵ [Phonetic: tang⁴ ngyo⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaŋ¹³⁻⁴² ^(h-)ŋyɒ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: tang² hya⁵ [Phonetic: tang⁴ ngya⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaŋ¹³⁻⁴² ^(h-)ŋya²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâng-hiā
  - Tâi-lô: thâng-hiā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tanghia
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰaŋ²⁴⁻²² hia²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰaŋ²³⁻³³ hia³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰaŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hia³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâng-hiǎ
  - Tâi-lô: thâng-hiǎ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰaŋ²⁴⁻²² hia²²/

Noun

蟲蟻

insects; bugs
(by extension) small creatures

Synonyms

(insects): 昆蟲／昆虫 (kūnchóng)

Dialectal synonyms of 蟲子 (“insect; bug; worm (general term)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蟲, 蟲豸
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蟲, 蟲子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	蟲子, 蟲兒
	Chengde	蟲
	Chifeng	蟲子, 蟲
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	蟲
	Heihe	蟲子
	Qiqihar	蟲子
	Harbin	蟲子
	Jiamusi	蟲兒
	Baicheng	蟲
	Changchun	蟲子
	Tonghua	蟲子
	Shenyang	蟲子
	Jinzhou	蟲
	Singapore	蟲
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	蟲子
	Tangshan	蟲
	Cangzhou	蟲子
	Baoding	蟲兒, 蟲子
	Shijiazhuang	蟲
	Lijin	蟲子
	Jinan	蟲, 蟲蟻兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	蟲兒
	Dandong	蟲
	Yantai	蟲子
	Qingdao	蟲子
	Zhucheng	蟲子
Central Plains Mandarin	Lingbao	蟲
	Jining	蟲兒
	Wanrong	蟲
	Linfen	蟲
	Shangqiu	蟲
	Yuanyang	蟲
	Zhengzhou	蟲
	Xinyang	蟲
	Baihe	蟲
	Xi'an	蟲
	Baoji	蟲
	Tianshui	蟲
	Xining	蟲
	Xuzhou	蟲子, 蟲
	Fuyang	蟲
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	蟲
	Lanzhou	蟲
	Dunhuang	蟲
	Hami	蟲
	Ürümqi	蟲
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	蟲蟲兒
	Nanchong	蟲
	Dazhou	蟲蟲兒
	Hanyuan	蟲
	Xichang	蟲
	Zigong	蟲
	Chongqing	蟲
	Wuhan	蟲
	Yichang	蟲
	Xiangyang	蟲
	Tianmen	蟲, 蟲豸
	Guiyang	蟲蟲
	Zunyi	蟲
	Bijie	蟲
	Liping	蟲
	Zhaotong	蟲
	Dali	蟲
	Kunming	蟲
	Mengzi	蟲
	Guilin	蟲
	Liuzhou	蟲
	Jishou	蟲
	Changde	蟲
	Hanzhong	蟲
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蟲
	Yangzhou	蟲
	Lianyungang	蟲
	Lianshui	蟲
	Nantong	蟲子, 蟲
	Anqing	蟲
	Wuhu	蟲子, 蟲
	Hefei	蟲
	Hong'an	蟲
Cantonese	Hong Kong	蟲
Gan	Nanchang	蟲蟻子
Huizhou	Shexian	蟲
Jin	Taiyuan	蟲子, 牛牛
	Yangyuan	蟲子
	Datong	蟲
	Xinzhou	蟲子, 蟲蟲牛牛, 牛子, 牛牛子
	Lüliang (Lishi)	蟲
	Changzhi	蟲子, 圪蟲兒
	Linhe	蟲子
	Jining	蟲, 圪蟲
	Hohhot	蟲, 圪蟲
	Erenhot	蟲子, 圪蟲
	Pingshan	蟲子
	Zhangjiakou	蟲子
	Handan	蟲子
	Linzhou	蟲
	Suide	蟲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蟲, 蟲蟻
Southern Min	Xiamen	蟲, 蟲蟻, 蟲豸
	Quanzhou	蟲蟻, 蟲豸
	Jinjiang	蟲豸
	Zhangzhou	蟲蟻, 蟲豸
	Tainan	蟲, 蟲豸
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蟲
Xiang	Changsha	蟲咬咬 childish

References

小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “蟲蟻”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “虫蚁”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 523.