# 蒼蠅拍子
## Chinese

| | | housefly; fly; low-ranking corrupt employee | |
| trad. (蒼蠅拍子) | trad. (蒼蠅拍子) | 蒼蠅 | 拍子 |
| simp. (苍蝇拍子) | simp. (苍蝇拍子) | 苍蝇 | 拍子 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cāngyingpāizi, cāngyíngpāizi
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄤ ˙ㄧㄥ ㄆㄞ ˙ㄗ, ㄘㄤ ㄧㄥˊ ㄆㄞ ˙ㄗ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cong$^1$ jing$^4$ paak$^3$ zi$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$tshaon-yin-phaq-tsy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cāngyingpāizi
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄤ ˙ㄧㄥ ㄆㄞ ˙ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cangyi̊ngpaizi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻang$^1$-ying$^5$-pʻai$^1$-tzŭ$^5$
*** Yale: tsāng-ying-pāi-dz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsang.ingpai.tzy
*** Palladius: цанъинпайцзы (canʺinpajczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ iŋ² pʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cāngyingpāizir
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄤ ˙ㄧㄥ ㄆㄞ ˙ㄗㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cangyi̊ngpaizi̊hr
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻang$^1$-ying$^5$-pʻai$^1$-tzŭ$^5$-ʼrh
*** Yale: tsāng-ying-pāi-dzir
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsang.ingpai.tzel
*** Palladius: цанъинпайцзыр (canʺinpajczyr)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ iŋ² pʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩ɻ²/
** (Standard Chinese, common variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cāngyíngpāizi
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄤ ㄧㄥˊ ㄆㄞ ˙ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cangyíngpaizi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻang$^1$-ying$^2$-pʻai$^1$-tzŭ$^5$
*** Yale: tsāng-yíng-pāi-dz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsangyngpai.tzy
*** Palladius: цанъинпайцзы (canʺinpajczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ iŋ³⁵ pʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cong$^1$ jing$^4$ paak$^3$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: chōng yìhng paak jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsong$^1$ jing$^4$ paak$^8$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cong$^1$ ying$^4$ pag$^3$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɪŋ²¹ pʰaːk̚³ t͡siː³⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$tshaon-yin-phaq-tsy
*** MiniDict: tshaon$^平$ yin phah tsy
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$tshaan-hhin-phaq-tsr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰɑ̃⁵⁵ ɦin³³ pʰaʔ³³ t͡sz̩²¹/

### Noun

蒼蠅拍子
* flyswatter

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蒼蠅拍子, 蒼蠅拍, 蠅拍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 蠅拍兒, 蠅拍子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蒼蠅拍子, 蒼蠅拍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 蒼蠅拍兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 蒼蠅拍子, 蠅子拍兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 蠅子拍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 蠅拍子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 蠅拍兒, 蠅拍子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 蒼蠅帕帕子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 烏蠅拍 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 烏蠅拍 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 毛蠅拍 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 姑蠅拍 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 蠅仔拍 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 蒼蠅拍 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蠅拍子 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 蠅拍子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蠅拍 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蒲蠅拍 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 胡蠅拍 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 胡蠅拍 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 胡蠅拍 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 胡蠅拍 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 胡蠅拍仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 胡蠅拍仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 胡蠅拍 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 胡蠅撇仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 胡蠅欱仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 拍胡蠅的 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 拍胡蠅的 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 拍胡蠅的 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 胡蠅撇仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 拍胡蠅的 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 胡蠅拍 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 胡蠅拍 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 胡蠅拍 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 胡蠅拍 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 蠓拍 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 塗蠅打 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 胡蠅拍 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蒼蠅拍, 蒼蠅拍子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蒼蠅拍 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 蒼蠅拍兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 蒼蠅拍 |