# 跟頭蟲
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gēntouchóng
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄣ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gan$^1$ tau$^4$ cung$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gēntouchóng
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄣ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gento̊uchóng
*** Wade–Giles: kên$^1$-tʻou$^5$-chʻung$^2$
*** Yale: gēn-tou-chúng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gen.touchorng
*** Palladius: гэньтоучун (gɛnʹtoučun)
*** Sinological IPA : /kən⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯² ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gēntouchóngr
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄣ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄔㄨㄥˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gento̊uchóngr
*** Wade–Giles: kên$^1$-tʻou$^5$-chʻung$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: gēn-tou-chúngr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gen.touchorngl
*** Palladius: гэньтоучунр (gɛnʹtoučunr)
*** Sinological IPA : /kən⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯² ʈ͡ʂʰʊ̃ɻ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gan$^1$ tau$^4$ cung$^4$
*** Yale: gān tàuh chùhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gan$^1$ tau$^4$ tsung$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gen$^1$ teo$^4$ cung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐn⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

### Noun

跟頭蟲
* (colloquial) wiggler; wriggler; mosquito larva
** 1935 October 22, 榆輯, “怎樣預防瘧疾？”, in 小學與社會, volume 1, number 39, page 10:
       Wén chǎnluǎn hòu liǎng-sān xīngqī jí biànwéi gēntouchóng, zài jīng liǎng xīngqī cǐ chóng jí biànwéi wén. [Pinyin]
       Two to three weeks after the mosquito lays eggs, they become wrigglers, and after another two weeks, these bugs become mosquitoes.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蜎 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 孑孓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 跟頭蟲兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 孑孓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 跟頭蟲兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 跟頭蟲, 跟頭蟲子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 打老鬼, 孑孓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 跟頭蟲兒, 孑孓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 顛倒子, 水擔圪斗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 孑孓, 跟頭蟲 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 跟頭蟲 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 跟頭蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 跟斗兒蟲, 沙蟲子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 跟頭蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 跟斗蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 孑孓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 跟斗蟲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 孑孓, 沙蟲, 沙屎蟲, 蚊蟲, 紅蟲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 孑孓, 沙蟲 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 逕蟲 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 沙蟲 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 沙蟲 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 曲曲蛆 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 沙蟲 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 沙蟲 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 屎蛆仔, 水蛆仔, 蛆仔 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 沙蟲 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 沙蟲子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 打滾蟲 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 道跌子 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 卜來來 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 吊孑子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 變魚蟲 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 把啷鼓墜 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 車蛆, 蛆 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 車蛆, 蛆 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 車蛆 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 車蛆, 蛆 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 水蛆 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蛆 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 蛆, 大頭蛆 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 蛆蟲 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 雨蟲 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 蛆, 蛆蟲 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 蛆 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 蛆 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 蛆蟲 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 蛆 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 蛆 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 蛆 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 蠓蟲 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 沙蟲 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 沙蟲 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 打拳蛆 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 孓襻蟲 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 打拳蟲 |
| Wu | Danyang | 水孑孓, 彎蟲 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 倒督蟲兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 棲蟲 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蛆蟲 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 骨骨蟲, 各各蟲 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 糞缸蟲 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 沙蟲子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 紅紗蟲 |