# 蟲蟻
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chóngyǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄧˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cung$^4$ ngai$^5$
* Eastern Min (BUC): tè̤ng-ngiê
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): tang$^2$ hyo$^5$ / tang$^2$ hya$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thâng-hiā / thâng-hiǎ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chóngyǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chóngyǐ
*** Wade–Giles: chʻung$^2$-i$^3$
*** Yale: chúng-yǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chorngyii
*** Palladius: чунъи (čunʺi)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cung$^4$ ngai$^5$
*** Yale: chùhng ngáih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsung$^4$ ngai$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cung$^4$ ngei$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ ŋɐi̯¹³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: tè̤ng-ngiê
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰøyŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ŋiɛ²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: tang$^2$ hyo$^5$ [Phonetic: tang$^4$ ngyo$^5$]
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaŋ¹³⁻⁴² $^{(h-)}$ŋyɒ²¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: tang$^2$ hya$^5$ [Phonetic: tang$^4$ ngya$^5$]
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaŋ¹³⁻⁴² $^{(h-)}$ŋya²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâng-hiā
*** Tâi-lô: thâng-hiā
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tanghia
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tʰaŋ²⁴⁻²² hia²²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰaŋ²³⁻³³ hia³³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰaŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hia³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâng-hiǎ
*** Tâi-lô: thâng-hiǎ
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰaŋ²⁴⁻²² hia²²/

### Noun

蟲蟻
* insects; bugs
* (by extension) small creatures

#### Synonyms

* (insects): 昆蟲／昆虫 (kūnchóng)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蟲, 蟲豸 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蟲, 蟲子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 蟲子, 蟲兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 蟲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 蟲子, 蟲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 蟲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 蟲子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 蟲子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 蟲子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 蟲兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 蟲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 蟲子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 蟲子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 蟲子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 蟲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 蟲 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 蟲子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 蟲 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 蟲子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 蟲兒, 蟲子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 蟲 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 蟲子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 蟲, 蟲蟻兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 蟲兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 蟲 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 蟲子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 蟲子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 蟲子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 蟲 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 蟲兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 蟲 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 蟲 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 蟲 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 蟲 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 蟲 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 蟲 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 蟲 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 蟲 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 蟲 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 蟲 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 蟲 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 蟲子, 蟲 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 蟲 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 蟲 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 蟲 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 蟲 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 蟲 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 蟲蟲兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 蟲蟲兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 蟲, 蟲豸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 蟲蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 蟲 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 蟲 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蟲 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 蟲 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 蟲 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 蟲子, 蟲 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 蟲 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 蟲子, 蟲 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 蟲 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 蟲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蟲 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蟲蟻子 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 蟲 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蟲子, 牛牛 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 蟲子 |
| Jin | Datong | 蟲 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 蟲子, 蟲蟲牛牛, 牛子, 牛牛子 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 蟲 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 蟲子, 圪蟲兒 |
| Jin | Linhe | 蟲子 |
| Jin | Jining | 蟲, 圪蟲 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 蟲, 圪蟲 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 蟲子, 圪蟲 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 蟲子 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 蟲子 |
| Jin | Handan | 蟲子 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 蟲 |
| Jin | Suide | 蟲 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蟲, 蟲蟻 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 蟲, 蟲蟻, 蟲豸 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 蟲蟻, 蟲豸 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 蟲豸 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 蟲蟻, 蟲豸 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 蟲, 蟲豸 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 蟲 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蟲咬咬 childish |

### References

* 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “蟲蟻”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “虫蚁”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 523.