# 雞母蟲
## Chinese

| | | hen | animal; insect |
| trad. (雞母蟲/鷄母蟲) | trad. (雞母蟲/鷄母蟲) | 雞母/鷄母 | 蟲 |
| simp. (鸡母虫) | simp. (鸡母虫) | 鸡母 | 虫 |

### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koe-bó-thâng
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koe-bó-thâng
*** Tâi-lô: kue-bó-thâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koe'boy'taang
*** IPA (Taipei): /kue⁴⁴⁻³³ bo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaŋ²⁴/

### Noun

雞母蟲
* (Taipei Hokkien) caterpillar

#### Synonyms

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