血吸蟲

See also: 血吸虫

Chinese

blood trematode
trad. (血吸蟲) 吸蟲
simp. (血吸虫) 吸虫

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xuèxīchóng, xuěxīchóng, xiěxīchóng
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧ ㄔㄨㄥˊ, ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄒㄧ ㄔㄨㄥˊ, ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): hyut3 kap1 cung4

Noun

血吸蟲

  1. (parasitology) schistosome; blood fluke (Schistosoma)

Usage notes

To those unfamiliar, this term may strike them as a blatant misnomer: (xuè, “blood”) + (, “sucks”) + (chóng, “the bug”).

Derived terms

  • 廣東住血吸蟲广东住血吸虫
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