# 硬殼蟲
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ngen$^5$ ko$^6$ zhong$^2$
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: ngen$^5$ ko$^6$ zhong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ŋən²¹⁻¹¹ kʰo²⁴ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ¹³/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /ŋən²¹⁻¹¹ kʰo²⁴ t͡sən¹³/

### Noun

硬殼蟲
* (Xiang) dung beetle
* (Jinhua Wu) ladybird; ladybug

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蜣螂, 虼螂 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 蜣螂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 屎殼郎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蜣螂, 糞金龜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 屎殼郎 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 屎殼郎 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 屎其亮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 屎殼郎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 屎瓣蝸牛, 婆娘蝸牛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 屎巴牛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 屎巴牛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 屎殼郎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 屎爬牛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 屎爬牛 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 牛糞巴郎, 屎巴郎, 屎殼郎 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 屎爬牛, 屎殼郎 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 屎爬牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 推屎爬兒, 推屎爬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 推屎蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 拱屎蟲, 屎殼郎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 拱屎蟲 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 屎殼郎 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 屎殼郎子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 牛屎龜, 推屎蟲 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 屎問蟲 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 憑屎牛 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 拱屎蟲, 屎殼郎 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 豬屎糞公, 牛屎蟲 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 牛屎蟲 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 噴屎公 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 牛屎蟲 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 逩屎蛄 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 逩屎公 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 逩屎蛄 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 豬屎逩蛄 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 逩屎蛄 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 牛屎蛄 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 屎巴牛 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 屎巴牛 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 牛屎龜 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 牛屎龜 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 牛屎龜, 屎龜 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 牛屎龜 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 牛屎核 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 牛屎龜 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 牛屎烏 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 牛屎烏 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 金和尚, 鑽惡蟲 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 屎殼郎, 推屎殼郎 |
| Wu | Danyang | 屎殼郎, 拱屎蟲子 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 笨屎甲, 屎殼郎, 糞屎甲, 硬殼蟲, 滾屎蟲 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 瓢蟲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 花大姐, 花布手巾 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 瓢蟲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 花大姐 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 花大姐 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 花大姐 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 花花媳婦 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 花裹肚兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 花媳婦兒, 花大姐 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 瓢蟲, 花姑娘兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 花殼子蟲, 殼子蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 花姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 瓢蟲 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 花和尚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 瓢蟲, 花烏龜 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 花姑娘 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 花蘿蟲 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 花蛄仔 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 花大姐 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 花媳婦兒 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 烏龜仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 烏龜仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 烏龜仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 珠仔龜 GT |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 紅先生 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 紅先生 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 瓢蟲 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 花姑娘 |
| Wu | Danyang | 花姑娘 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 瓢瓢蟲兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 瓢蟲 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 花烏龜兒, 硬殼蟲 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |