蝒蟲

Chinese

			animal; insect
trad. (蝒蟲)		蝒	蟲
simp. (蝒虫)		蝒	虫

Etymology

Compound of 蝒 (“giant roundworm”) +‎ 蟲 / 虫 (thâng, “bug, worm, insect”).

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bûn-thâng / bîn-thâng / bīn-thâng / būn-thâng / bǔn-thâng / gūn-thâng

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Hui'an, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-thâng
  - Tâi-lô: bûn-thâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: buntaang
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Hui'an): /bun²⁴⁻²² tʰaŋ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Singapore): /bun²⁴⁻²¹ tʰaŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bîn-thâng
  - Tâi-lô: bîn-thâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bintaang
  - Sinological IPA (Singapore): /bin²⁴⁻²¹ tʰaŋ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /bin¹³⁻²² tʰaŋ¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /bin²⁴⁻²² tʰaŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Yilan, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn-thâng
  - Tâi-lô: bīn-thâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bixntaang
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin³³⁻²¹ tʰaŋ²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Yilan): /bin³³⁻²¹ tʰaŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Hsinchu, Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: būn-thâng
  - Tâi-lô: būn-thâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: buxntaang
  - Sinological IPA (Kinmen): /bun²²⁻¹² tʰaŋ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /bun³³⁻¹¹ tʰaŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Lukang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bǔn-thâng
  - Tâi-lô: bǔn-thâng
  - Sinological IPA (Lukang): /bun³³⁻²² tʰaŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Hsinchu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gūn-thâng
  - Tâi-lô: gūn-thâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: guxntaang

Noun

蝒蟲 (Southern Min)

giant roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); roundworm; intestinal worm

Synonyms

蛔蟲／蛔虫 (huíchóng)
(Sichuan) 螬蟲／螬虫
(Jin) 盜食蟲／盗食虫
(Hakka) 豺蟲／豺虫

Further reading

“蝒蟲”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.