# 螞蟻
## Chinese
### Etymology

From insect prefix 馬／螞 + 蟻 (“ant”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): mǎyǐ
       (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄧˇ
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): màyi
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): mǎyǐ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): майи (mayi, I-II)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): maa$^5$ ngai$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ma$^3$ nyi
* Jin (Wiktionary): ma$^2$ i$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): mā-ngiê
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): má-gí / bé-hiā / bé-hiǎ / bée-iaⁿ
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): maa$^5$ nji$^5$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$mo-gni$_6$ / $^4$mo-gni$_4$ / $^6$mo-mi$_6$ / $^1$ma-yi$_2$
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): ma$^3$ nyi$^4$
    (Loudi, Wiktionary): mo$^2$ ni$^{5*}$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mǎyǐ [Phonetic: máyǐ]
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mǎyǐ
*** Wade–Giles: ma$^3$-i$^3$
*** Yale: mǎ-yǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maayii
*** Palladius: маи (mai)
*** Sinological IPA : /mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: màyi [Phonetic: mǎyi]
*** Sinological IPA : /ma⁵³⁻²¹ i/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: mǎyǐ [Phonetic: máyǐ]
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): ma$^3$ yi$^3$ [Phonetic: ma$^2$ yi$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ma¹¹⁻¹² i¹¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: майи (mayi, I-II)
*** Sinological IPA : /ma²⁴ i⁵¹/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: maa$^5$ ngai$^5$
*** Yale: máh ngáih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: maa$^5$ ngai$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ma$^5$ ngei$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /maː¹³ ŋɐi̯¹³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ma$^3$ nyi
*** Sinological IPA : /ma²¹³⁻²¹ n̠ʲi¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ma$^2$ i$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ma⁵³⁻¹¹ i⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: mā-ngiê
*** Sinological IPA : /ma³³⁻⁵⁵ ŋiɛ²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: má-gí
*** Tâi-lô: má-gí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: mafgie
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡi⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bé-hiā
*** Tâi-lô: bé-hiā
*** Phofsit Daibuun: befhia
*** IPA (Xiamen): /be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hia²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bé-hiǎ
*** Tâi-lô: bé-hiǎ
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /be⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hia²²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bée-iaⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: bée-iann
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɛ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iã⁴⁴/
* Southern Pinghua
** (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
*** Jyutping++: maa$^5$ nji$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ma²⁴ ɲi²⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Chongming)
*** Wugniu: $^6$mo-gni$_6$
*** MiniDict: mo$^去$ nyi$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$mo-nyi$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mo²² n̠ʲi⁴⁴/
*** Sinological IPA (Jiading): /mo²⁴ n̠ʲi⁴⁴/
*** Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ɦmo³¹ ʔn̠ʲi³³/
** (Northern: Songjiang)
*** Wugniu: $^4$mo-gni$_4$
*** Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /mo²⁴ n̠ʲi³¹/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^6$mo-mi$_6$
*** MiniDict: mo$^去$ mi$^去$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /mo²³ mi¹¹/
** (Northern: Hangzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^1$ma-yi$_2$
*** MiniDict: 'ma$^平$ yi$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /mɑ³³ ɦi³⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: ma$^3$ nyi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ma̠⁴¹ n̠ʲi⁴⁵/
** (Loudi)
*** Wiktionary: mo$^2$ ni$^{5*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɔ¹³ ni¹¹⁻¹/

### Noun

螞蟻
* ant (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蟻, 螞蟻 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 螞蟻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 螞蟻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 螞蟻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 螞蟻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 螞蟻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 螞蟻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 螞蟻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 螞蟻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 螞蟻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 螞蟻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 螞蟻 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 螞蟻 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 螞蟻, 米蛘 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 蟣螞蛘子, 螞蟣蛘子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 螞蟻 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 螞螞蚍蜉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 螞蟻 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 螞蟻 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 螞蟻蟲兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 螞蟻 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 螞蟻 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 螞蟻蟲子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 螞蟻 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 螞蟻 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 螞蟻蟲兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 螞蟻 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 螞蟻兒, 螞蟻子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 螞蟻, 螞印子, 螞燕子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 螞蟻 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 螞蟻 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 螞蟻 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 螞蟻 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 螞蟻 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 螞蟻 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 螞蟻 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蟻 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蟻, 螞蟻 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 蟻 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 蟻 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 蟻 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蟻 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蟻 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 蟻 |
| Cantonese | Wuchuan (Wuyang) | 蟻 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 蟻仔 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 蟻 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 蟻 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 蟻 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 蟻仔 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 蟻 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 蟻 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 蟻 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 蟻 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 蟻 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 螞蟻, 螞印子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 螞蟻 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 螞蟻子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蟻公, 蟻仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 咪公 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 蟻子 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 蟻 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 蟻 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 蟻 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 蟻仔 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 蟻子 |
| Hakka | Changting | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 蟻公, 蟻子 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 螞蟻 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 蟻公子, 螞蟻 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 螞蟻 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 螞蟻 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 螞蟻 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 蟻仔, 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 蟻子 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 蟻公, 蟻子 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 蟻 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 螞蟻, 蟻公 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 蟻 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 蟻, 蟻公 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 螞蟻 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 螞蟻 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 螞蟻 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 螞蟻 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 螞蟻 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 螞蟻 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 螞蟻 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 螞蟻 |
| Huizhou | Jingde | 王眼的 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 螞蚍蜉, 螞蚍蜉兒, 螞蟻 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 螞蚍蜉 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 螞蚍蜉 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 螞蟻 |
| Jin | Linhe | 螞蟻 |
| Jin | Jining | 螞蟻 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 螞蟻官兒 |
| Jin | Baotou | 螞蟻 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 螞蟻 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 螞蟻 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蟻稚仔 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 蟻蠍嫲 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 真蟻仔 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 宗蟻仔 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 蟻仔 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 蟻仔 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 蟻仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 紅蟻 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 黃蟻 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 黃蟻, 紅蟻 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 黃蟻 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 蟻 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 蟻 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 黃蟻 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 蟻 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 蟻 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 蟻 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 黃蟻 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 蟻 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 草蟻 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 狗蟻仔 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 蟻 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 狗蟻, 蟻 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 蟻翁 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 蟻 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 蟻 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 蟻 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 蟻 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蟻 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 蟻 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 蟻, 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 狗蟻 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 溝蟻 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 蟻 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 蟻 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 蟻 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 蟻 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 蟻 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 蟻 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 蟻 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 蟻婆 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 蟻婆 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 蟻婆 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 蟻婆 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 蟻, 蟻婆, 蟻公 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 蟻, 蟻婆 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 蟻, 蟻婆 |
| Puxian Min | Fuding (Aoyao) | 蟻 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 蟻 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 蟻 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 螞蟻 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 黃蟻 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 黃蟻 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 黃蟻 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 蟻 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 蟻 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 蟻 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 蟻 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 黃蟻 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 蟻 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 蟻 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 蟻 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 蟻 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 蟻仔 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 螞蟻 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 螞蟻 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 螞蟻 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 螞蟻 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 螞蟻 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 螞蟻 |
| Wu | Danyang | 螞蟻 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 螞蟻 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 螞粉, 螞轟, 螞蟻 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 火蟻 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 戽我, 螞蟻 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 螞蟻子, 螞蟻 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 螞蟻子, 螞蟻 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 螞蟻子 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 螞蟻子 |

#### Derived terms

* 急得有如熱鍋中的螞蟻／急得有如热锅中的蚂蚁
* 熱鍋上螞蟻／热锅上蚂蚁
* 白螞蟻／白蚂蚁 (báimǎyǐ)
* 螞蟻上樹／蚂蚁上树 (mǎyǐshàngshù)
* 螞蟻啃骨頭／蚂蚁啃骨头
* 螞蟻搬泰山／蚂蚁搬泰山
* 螞蟻窩／蚂蚁窝 (mǎyǐwō)
* 螞蟻緣槐／蚂蚁缘槐
* 螞蟻章／蚂蚁章 (“The Ant, the twenty-seventh sura of the Qur'an”)
* 鏊盤上螞蟻／鏊盘上蚂蚁