毛毛蟲

See also: 毛毛虫

Chinese

		fine hair; baby	animal; insect
trad. (毛毛蟲)		毛毛	蟲
simp. (毛毛虫)		毛毛	虫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): máomaochóng, máomáochóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ˙ㄇㄠ ㄔㄨㄥˊ, ㄇㄠˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄔㄨㄥˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mao² mao^2-1 cong²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ mou⁴ cung⁴
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶mau-mau-zon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máomaochóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ˙ㄇㄠ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máomåochóng
    • Wade–Giles: mao²-mao⁵-chʻung²
    • Yale: máu-mau-chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau.mauchorng
    • Palladius: маомаочун (maomaočun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máomaochóngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ˙ㄇㄠ ㄔㄨㄥˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máomåochóngr
    • Wade–Giles: mao²-mao⁵-chʻung²-ʼrh
    • Yale: máu-mau-chúngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau.mauchorngl
    • Palladius: маомаочунр (maomaočunr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³ ʈ͡ʂʰʊ̃ɻ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máomáochóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máomáochóng
    • Wade–Giles: mao²-mao²-chʻung²
    • Yale: máu-máu-chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maumauchorng
    • Palladius: маомаочун (maomaočun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: mao² mao^2-1 cong²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: maomaocung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mau²¹ mau²¹⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰoŋ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ mou⁴ cung⁴
    • Yale: mòuh mòuh chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ mou⁴ tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ mou⁴ cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ mou̯²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶mau-mau-zon
    • MiniDict: mau^去 mau zon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mau-mau-zon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mɔ²² mɔ⁵⁵ zoŋ²¹/

Noun

毛毛蟲

1. caterpillar (Classifier: 條／条 m)

Synonyms

• 青蟲／青虫 (qīngchóng)

Dialectal synonyms of 毛蟲 (“caterpillar”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		毛蟲
Mandarin	Beijing	毛毛蟲
	Taiwan	毛毛蟲
	Harbin	毛毛蟲
	Jinan	毛毛蟲
	Luoyang	毛毛蟲
	Xi'an	毛蟲
	Yinchuan	毛毛蟲
	Xining	毛蟲
	Ürümqi	毛毛蟲
	Wuhan	毛蟲
	Chengdu	毛毛蟲
	Guiyang	毛蟲
	Liuzhou	毛毛蟲
	Xuzhou	毛巴蟲
	Yangzhou	毛毛蟲子
	Nanjing	毛蟲
Cantonese	Guangzhou	狗毛蟲
	Hong Kong	毛蟲, 狗毛蟲
	Dongguan	毛蟲
Gan	Nanchang	毛蟲
	Lichuan	毛蟲
	Pingxiang	狗毛蟲, 霍毛蟲
Hakka	Meixian	虐毛蟲
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	𥍉毛蟲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	𥍉毛蟲
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	𥍉毛蟲
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	虐毛蟲
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	虐毛蟲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	弄毛蟲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	㸐毛蟲, 㸐角蟲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	弄毛蟲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	竻角蟲
Jin	Taiyuan	毛毛蟲
	Xinzhou	毛蟲
Northern Min	Jian'ou	毛辣蟲
Southern Min	Xiamen	狗仔蟲, 狗母蟲 big
	Quanzhou	狗仔蟲
	Zhangzhou	毛狗仔蟲
	Nanjing	刺毛蟲
	Pinghe	刺蜢仔, 刺蜢仔蟲
	Taipei	刺角仔蟲, 貧惰蟲, 雞母蟲
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	烏毛蟲, 刺毛仔蟲
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	蟲仔
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	刺毛蟲, 𧋐蟲
	Kaohsiung	刺毛蟲, 刺毛仔蟲
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	刺毛蟲
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	生毛蟲
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	生毛蟲
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	尺擗仔
	Yilan	刺毛蟲
	Yilan (Luodong)	刺毛蟲
	Yilan (Toucheng)	刺毛蟲
	Changhua (Lukang)	狗母蟲
	Taichung	刺羅仔蟲
	Taichung (Wuqi)	狗母仔蟲
	Tainan	刺毛狗蟲
	Tainan (Anping)	刺毛蟲
	Hsinchu	刺毛仔蟲
	Kinmen	狗毛仔蟲
	Penghu (Magong)	狗毛仔蟲
	Penghu (Xiyu)	狗尾仔蟲
	Penang (Hokkien)	生毛蟲
	Chaozhou	刺毛蟲
	Shantou	刺毛蟲
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	狗母蟲
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	狗毛蟲
Wu	Shanghai	刺毛蟲, 洋辣子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	刺毛, 刺毛蟲
	Suzhou	毛蟲, 洋辣子
	Huzhou	刺毛
	Hangzhou	毛毛蟲, 毛刺蟲
	Ningbo	洋辣毛
	Jinhua	毛蟲
Xiang	Changsha	毛蟲, 蠚辣子
	Loudi	毛蟲

See also

• 蝴蝶 (húdié)
• 蛾 (é)