# 蝲蝲蛄
## Chinese
### Etymology

From Manchu ᠯᠠᡤᡠ (lagu, “mole cricket”) (Liu et al., 1984).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): làlàgǔ, làlàgū
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˋ ㄌㄚˋ ㄍㄨˇ, ㄌㄚˋ ㄌㄚˋ ㄍㄨ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: làlàgǔ → làlagǔ (toneless variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˋ ㄌㄚˋ ㄍㄨˇ → ㄌㄚˋ ˙ㄌㄚ ㄍㄨˇ (toneless variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: làlågǔ
*** Wade–Giles: la$^4$-la$^5$-ku$^3$
*** Yale: là-la-gǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lah.lahguu
*** Palladius: лалагу (lalagu)
*** Sinological IPA : /lä⁵¹⁻⁵³ lä⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /lä⁵¹ lä¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: làlàgū
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˋ ㄌㄚˋ ㄍㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: làlàgu
*** Wade–Giles: la$^4$-la$^4$-ku$^1$
*** Yale: là-là-gū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lahlahgu
*** Palladius: лалагу (lalagu)
*** Sinological IPA : /lä⁵¹⁻⁵³ lä⁵¹ ku⁵⁵/

### Noun

蝲蝲蛄
* (colloquial) mole cricket
       Tīng làlagǔ jiào, hái bù zhòng zhuāngjia le? [Pinyin]
       Hearing that there are mole crickets (crop-attacking insects) chirping [in the field], should you give up tilling the land altogether?

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 螻蛄, 𧕱, 螻螲 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 螻蛄 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 蝲蝲蛄 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 螻蛄, 土狗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 蝲蝲蛄 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 螻蛄 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 螻蛄, 海陸空 humorous |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 螻蛄 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 地狗子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 螻蛄 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 土狗子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 土狗子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 蝲蝲蛄 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 土狗兒, 土狗, 土狗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 土狗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 土狗崽, 土狗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 土狗 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 土狗子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 土狗子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 土狗兒, 土狗 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 土狗 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 土狗 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 草狗 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 土狗子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 土狗 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 土狗子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 土狗仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 土狗哩 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 土八仔 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 土猴子 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 土狗 |
| Hakka | Changting | 土猴哩, 土狗 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 土狗子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 土狗子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 土狗 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 土狗子 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 土狗子 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 兔狗子 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 土狗子 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 土狗子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蝲蛄 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 蝲蛄 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 蝲蛄 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 沙猴仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 塗犬 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 塗犬, 地鹿 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 杜猴 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 塗猴 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 塗猴 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 杜猴 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 杜猴 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 杜猴 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 𫋐猴 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 螻蛄, 油葫蘆 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 螻蛄 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 螻蛄 |
| Wu | Danyang | 地鱉狗子, 土狗 suburbs |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 地狗兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 地狗, 游蛄 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 土狗 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 土狗, 水狗兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 土狗子 |