米蟲

See also: 米虫

Chinese

		rice; meter	animal; insect
trad. (米蟲)		米	蟲
simp. (米虫)		米	虫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǐchóng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
Min Nan (POJ): bí-thâng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mǐchóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miichorng
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǐchóng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-thâng
  - Tâi-lô: bí-thâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: by'taang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰaŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰaŋ²³/

Noun

米蟲

rice weevil
(figuratively) good-for-nothing; freeloader

Synonyms

(rice weevil): 米象 (mǐxiàng), 穀牛／谷牛 (gǔniú); (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Wu) 牛子 (niúzǐ)

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