蛆蟲

See also: 蛆虫

Chinese

		maggot	animal; insect
trad. (蛆蟲)		蛆	蟲
simp. (蛆虫)		蛆	虫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qūchóng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄔㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi¹ cung⁴
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cy¹ tang²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhu-thâng / chhi-thâng

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): cu¹ tang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qūchóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄔㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyuchóng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻü¹-chʻung²
  - Yale: chyū-chúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuchorng
  - Palladius: цюйчун (cjujčun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    蛆蟲 / 蛆虫
    驅蟲 / 驱虫
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceoi¹ cung⁴
  - Yale: chēui chùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey¹ tsung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêu¹ cung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cy¹ tang² [Phonetic: cy⁵ lang²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: chṳ-táng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰy⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(tʰ-)laŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cy¹ tang² [Phonetic: cy⁵ lang²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰy⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^(tʰ-)laŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhu-thâng
  - Tâi-lô: tshu-thâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhu'taang
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰu⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰaŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi-thâng
  - Tâi-lô: tshi-thâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chi'taang
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰaŋ²³/
- (Leizhou)
  - Leizhou Pinyin: cu¹ tang⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu³⁵⁻³³ tʰaŋ²²/

Noun

蛆蟲

maggot
(figurative, derogatory) despicable person
(Leizhou Min, Puxian Min, Wenzhounese) mosquito larva

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蛆蟲 (“maggot”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蛆蟲
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	蛆蚜子
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	蛆蚜子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	屎蟲, 屎坑蟲
Hakka	Meixian	𫋂仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蠕屎蟲, 屎缸蟲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蠕屎蟲, 屎缸蟲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	屎缸蟲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蠕屎蟲, 屎缸蟲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蠕屎蟲, 屎缸蟲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	屎缸蟲
Southern Min	Xiamen	屎礐蟲
	Quanzhou	屎礐蟲
	Zhangzhou	屎礐蟲
	Taipei	屎礐仔蟲
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	屎龜, 蛆
	Kaohsiung	屎礐仔蟲, 便所蟲
	Yilan	屎礐仔蟲
	Changhua (Lukang)	屎礐仔蟲
	Taichung	屎礐仔蟲
	Tainan	屎礐仔蟲
	Hsinchu	屎礐仔蟲
	Kinmen	屎礐蟲
	Penghu (Magong)	屎礐仔蟲
	Shantou	屎蟲
Xiang	Changsha	蛆婆子
Xiang	Loudi	蛆婆子

Dialectal synonyms of 孑孓 (“wriggler; wiggler; mosquito larva”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蜎
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		孑孓
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	跟頭蟲兒
	Taiwan	孑孓
	Langfang	跟頭蟲兒
	Harbin	跟頭蟲兒
Jilu Mandarin	Tangshan	跟頭蟲兒
	Cangzhou	跟頭蟲
	Baoding	跟頭蟲兒
	Shijiazhuang	跟頭蟲
	Jinan	跟頭蟲, 跟頭蟲子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	打老鬼, 孑孓
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	跟頭蟲兒, 孑孓
	Daming	跟頭蟲兒
	Wanrong	顛倒子, 水擔圪斗
	Xuzhou	孑孓, 跟頭蟲
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	跟頭蟲
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	跟頭蟲
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	跟斗兒蟲, 沙蟲子
	Wuhan	跟頭蟲
	Guiyang	跟斗蟲
	Guilin	孑孓
	Liuzhou	跟斗蟲
	Nanning (Wuming)	沙蟲, 孑孓
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蠓蟲
Cantonese	Guangzhou	孑孓, 沙蟲, 沙屎蟲, 蚊蟲, 紅蟲
	Hong Kong	孑孓, 沙蟲
	Kaiping (Chikan)	逕蟲
	Nanning	沙蟲
	Nanning (Tanka)	沙蟲
	Wuzhou	沙蟲
	Yulin	曲曲蛆
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	沙蟲
Gan	Pingxiang	沙蟲
Hakka	Meixian	屎蛆仔, 水蛆仔, 蛆仔
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	沙蟲
	Yudu	沙蟲子
Huizhou	Jixi	打滾蟲
Huizhou	Fuliang	水蛆
Jin	Taiyuan	道跌子
	Taiyuan (Jiancaoping)	道跌子
	Pingyao	卜來來
	Xinzhou	吊孑子
	Zhangjiakou	耍錢棍兒
	Handan	跟頭蟲子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	變魚蟲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	把啷鼓墜
Southern Min	Xiamen	車蛆, 蛆
	Quanzhou	車蛆, 蛆
	Jinjiang	車蛆
	Zhangzhou	車蛆, 蛆
	Tainan	水蛆
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	末仔
	Shantou	蛆
	Jieyang	蛆, 大頭蛆
	Leizhou	蛆蟲
	Haikou	雨蟲
Puxian Min	Putian	蛆, 蛆蟲
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	蛆
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	蛆
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	蛆蟲
	Xianyou	蛆
	Xianyou (Fengting)	蛆
	Xianyou (Youyang)	蛆
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	蠓蟲
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	沙蟲
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	沙蟲
Wu	Shanghai	打拳蛆
	Shanghai (Chongming)	孓襻蟲
	Suzhou	打拳蟲
	Danyang	水孑孓, 彎蟲
	Hangzhou	倒督蟲兒
	Ningbo	棲蟲
	Wenzhou	蛆蟲
	Jinhua	骨骨蟲, 各各蟲
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	糞缸蟲
Xiang	Changsha	沙蟲子
Xiang	Loudi	紅紗蟲

Derived terms

蛆蟲療法 / 蛆虫疗法 (qūchóng liáofǎ)
蛆蟲蠓 / 蛆虫蠓

References

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), “蛆虫”, 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 118.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蛆	蟲
うじ Hyōgai	むし Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 蛆蟲 – see the following entry.

【蛆虫うじむし】

[noun] maggot

Alternative spelling
うじ虫

(This term, 蛆蟲, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)