# 蚯蚓
## Chinese

* 蚯蚓

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “what does 蚯 mean?”)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): qiūyǐn
       (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡ ㄧㄣˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): qiu$^1$ yin$^3$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jau$^1$ jan$^5$
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gao$^6$ ung$^2$ / kiu$^1$ ing$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$chieu-yin
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qiūyǐn
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡ ㄧㄣˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ciouyǐn
*** Wade–Giles: chʻiu$^1$-yin$^3$
*** Yale: chyōu-yǐn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiouyiin
*** Palladius: цюинь (cjuinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ in²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: qiu$^1$ yin$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kiujn
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰiəu⁵⁵ in⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jau$^1$ jan$^5$
*** Yale: yāu yáhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jau$^1$ jan$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yeo$^1$ yen$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐu̯⁵⁵ jɐn¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gao$^6$ ung$^2$ / kiu$^1$ ing$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kău úng / khiu íng
*** Sinological IPA : /kau³⁵⁻¹¹ uŋ⁵²/, /kʰiu³³⁻²³ iŋ⁵²/
* gao6 ung2 - vernacular;
* kiu1 ing2 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: khjuw yinX
Rime :
| Character | 蚯 | 蚓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) | 眞 (43) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 去鳩切 | 余忍切 |
| Baxter | khjuw | yinX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰɨu/ | /jiɪn$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰiu/ | /jin$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰiəu/ | /jen$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰuw/ | /jin$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰiu/ | /iĕn$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰĭəu/ | /jĭĕn$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰi̯ə̯u/ | /i̯ĕn$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qiū | yǐn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hau$^1$ | jan$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷʰə [ɢ](r)ə[r]ʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷɯ linʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 蚯 | 蚓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | qiū | yǐn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ khjuw › | ‹ yin$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[k]ʷʰə/ | /*[ɢ](r)ə[r]ʔ/ |
| English | 蚯蚓 khjuw.yinX earth-worm | earth-worm (khjuw.yinX) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蚯 | 蚓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 10525 | 15307 |
| Phonetic component | 丘 | 引 |
| Rime group | 之 | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 丘 | 引 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰʷɯ/ | /*linʔ/ |
| Notes | 見禮記 | 說文同螾 |

### Noun

蚯蚓
* earthworm (Classifier: 條／条 m c)
    From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE
    Lóuguō míng, qiūyǐn chū, wángguā shēng, kǔcài xiù. [Pinyin]
    The green frogs croak. Earthworms come forth. The royal melons grow. The sow-thistle is in seed.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蚓, 蚯蚓, 蜿蟺, 蜸蚕, 螼蚓 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蚯蚓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 曲蟮, 曲串 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蚯蚓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 曲拆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 曲串 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 曲蛇 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 蚯蚓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 蚯蚓, 曲蟲, 曲蟮 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 蚯蚓, 曲蛇 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 蚯蚓, 曲蛇 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 曲蛇 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 蚯蚓, 曲蛇 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 蚯蚓, 曲蛇 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 蚯蚓, 曲蛇 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 曲蛇 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 曲蛇 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 蚯蚓, 赤蟲, 曲蛇 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 蚯蚓, 曲串, 地蟬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 蚯蚓 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 地蠶 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 蚯蚓, 曲坼 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 曲蟮 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 曲坼 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 蚯蚓, 曲曲蟮 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 曲尺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 曲蟮 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 曲蟮子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 蚯蚓, 曲蟮 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 曲蛇 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 曲蛇 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 曲蟮 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 曲蟮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 曲踡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 曲串 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 曲嘍船 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 出串 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 曲蟮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 蚰蜒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 出蟮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 蚯蚓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 蚯蚓, 曲串 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 曲串 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 曲串 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 曲串 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 曲蟮, 蚰蜒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 出蟮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 曲蟮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 曲蟮, 泥曲蟮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 地曲, 蚯蚓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 蚯蚓, 曲蟮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 曲蟮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 曲蟮 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 蚯蚓, 土蟲 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 蚯蚓 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 曲蟮 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 蚯蚓 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 蚯蚓 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 蚯蚓, 曲蟮, 地曲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 曲蟮兒, 蚯蚓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 蚯蚓, 曲蟮兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 曲蟮兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 曲蟮子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 曲蟮兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 蚯蚓, 曲蟮兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 曲蟮兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 蚯蚓, 曲蟮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 蚯蚓, 曲蟮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 蚯蚓, 曲蟮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 蚯蚓, 球蟮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 曲蟮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 曲蟮兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 曲蟮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 曲蟮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 曲蟮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 曲蟮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 曲蟮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 曲蟮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 鴨蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 蚯蚓, 鴨蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 曲蟮拉兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 曲溜兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 蚯蚓, 曲蟮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 曲蟮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 曲蟮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 曲蟮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 曲蟮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 地龍, 寒䘆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 曲蟮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 曲蟮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 曲蟮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 蚯蚓, 搐蛇 |
| Mandarin | Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle) | 曲蟮 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 黃䘆 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 黃䘆, 蚯蚓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 鵝䘆, 蛇䘆, 禾䘆 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 禾䘆 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 鵝䘆 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 蛇䘆 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 河䘆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 黃䘆, 塘䘆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 黃䘆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 黃䘆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 鵝䘆 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 巷䘆 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 塘䘆 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 河䘆 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 龍䘆 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 䘆 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 濠䘆 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 狗䘆 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 禾䘆, 黃䘆 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 禾䘆 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 黃䘆 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 黃䘆 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 黃䘆 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 黃䘆 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 黃䘆 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 黃䘆 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 禾䘆 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 黃䘆 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 蛇䘆, 蛇䘆公 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 黃䘆 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 黃䘆 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 黃䘆 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 黃䘆 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 蚓 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 蚓 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 黃䘆 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 黃䘆 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 䘆公 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 䘆公, 黃䘆 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 黃蚓 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 黃蚓 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 黃蚓 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 黃蚓 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 黃䘆 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 蚓 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 黃蚓 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 虎蚓 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 黃䘆 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 黃䘆 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 黃䘆 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 泥䘆 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 黃䘆 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 黃䘆, 地龍 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 蛆彈 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 土努 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 黃䘆 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 黃䘆 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 寒螼子, 寒螼 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 塘蟻 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 回䘆 |
| Gan | Taining | 河䘆 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 䘆公 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 䘆公 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 䘆 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 䘆 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 䘆 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 䘆 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 䘆公 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 蟲䘆 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 䘆 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 䘆 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 䘆 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 紅䘆 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 蟲䘆 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 河䘆 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 河䘆 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 紅䘆 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 䘆公 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 䘆公 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 紅䘆 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 紅䘆 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 䘆公, 䘆 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 䘆公 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 䘆公, 䘆 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 䘆 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 䘆 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 䘆 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 䘆 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 紅䘆 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 䘆公, 䘆 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 䘆公, 䘆 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 黃䘆 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 䘆公 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 黃蟮 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 紅䘆 |
| Hakka | Changting | 黃䘆 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 黃䘆 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 紅䘆 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 黃䘆 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 河䘆 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 河䘆, 禾䘆, 䘆 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 河䘆 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 河蟻 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 䘆公 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 䘆公 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 䘆公 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 蟲䘆 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 蟲䘆 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 䘆公, 蟲䘆 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 蟲䘆 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 蟲䘆, 紅䘆 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 黃䘆 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 紅䘆 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 紅䘆 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 紅䘆 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 紅䘆, 紅䘆公 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 河蟻 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 紅蟻 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 河䘆 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 蚢䘆 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 𧑚䘆兒, 克俊 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 兔 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 曲蟮 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 曲蟮 |
| Jin | Datong | 曲蟮 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 曲蟮兒, 茭子魚兒 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 蚯蚓, 紅面圪蟲 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 曲蛇 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 蚯蚓 |
| Jin | Linhe | 蚯蚓 |
| Jin | Jining | 蚯蚓 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 曲蟮 |
| Jin | Baotou | 蚯蚓 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 蚯蚓 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 蚯蚓 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 蚯蚓 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 曲蟮 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 蚯蚓, 曲蟮 |
| Jin | Handan | 蚯蚓, 曲串, 出串 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 曲串 |
| Jin | Suide | 蚯蚓 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 加溜䘆, 地龍 large, 地龍杠 large |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 溜䘆 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 尿䘆 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 地䘆 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 溜䘆 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 猴蚓, 地龍 large |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 猴蚓 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 琴蚓, 地龍 large |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 猴蚓 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 猴蚓 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 猴蚓 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 猴蚓 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 猴蚓 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 猴蚓 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 杜蚓, 猴蚓 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 猴蚓 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 猴蚓 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 猴蚓 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 杜蚓 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 杜蚓 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 杜蚓 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 牛貫, 杜蚓仔, 杜蚓 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 杜蚓 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 杜蚓仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 杜蚓 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 杜蚓 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 杜蚓仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 杜蚓 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 杜蚓仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 杜蚓 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 杜蚓 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 杜蚓 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 塗蚓, 杜蚓 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | cacing |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 杜蚓, 猴蚓 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 猴蚓 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 鴨蟲 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 垢蚓 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 垢蚓 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 猴蚓 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 杜蚓 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 蚯蚓 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蚯蚓 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 蚯蚓 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 蚯蚓 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 蚯蚓 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 蚯蚓 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 塗蚓 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 蚯蚓 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 蚯蚓, cacing |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 塗蚓𧊗 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 餌龍 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 塗蚓, 餌龍 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 猴蚓, 墿龍 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 猴蚓 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 猴蚓 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 猴蚓 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 猴蚓 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 猴蚓 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 猴蚓 |
| Puxian Min | Fuding (Aoyao) | 猴蚓 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 蝦䘆 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 河䘆 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 河䘆 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 黃䘆 |
| Shaojiang Min | Jiangle | 河䘆 |
| Shaojiang Min | Mingxi | 葫蘆䘆 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shunchang | 河䘆 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 猴蚓 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 土䏰 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 蚯青 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 蚓 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 蚓 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 曲蟮, 蚯蚓 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 觸蟮 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 曲蟮 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 蚯蚓, 曲蟮 |
| Wu | Danyang | 曲蟮 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 曲蟮 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 曲蟮 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 康䘆 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 蟮麵, 水麵 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 蟮麵 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 曲蟮子 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 曲線子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 曲蟮子, 曲蟮 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 曲染子 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 泥蟲子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 鴨蟲 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 筍婆每 |

#### Derived terms

* 海蚯蚓
* 蚯蚓瘴
* 蚯蚓竅 / 蚯蚓窍

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 蚯(きゅう)蚓(いん) (kyūin)
* → Korean: 구인(蚯蚓) (gu'in)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 蚯 | 蚓 |
| みみず ||
| Hyōgai | Hyōgai |
| jukujikun ||
Kanji in this term :
| 蚯 | 蚓 |
| めめず ||
| Hyōgai | Hyōgai |
| jukujikun ||
First cited to the Saibara Uta from the Heian period.
The memezu form is attested from 1650, and is traditionally viewed as a pronunciation shift from mimizu.
Reconstructed as ultimately from Proto-Japonic *memensu, in which case memezu may be a reversion to an older form, also preserved in many dialects. The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) みみず [mìmízú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [mʲimʲizɨ]
* (Tokyo) めめず [mèmézú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [me̞me̞zɨ]

#### Noun

蚯蚓(みみず) or 蚯蚓(ミミズ) or 蚯蚓(めめず) • (mimizu or memezu) (counter 匹)
* [from late 600s–early 700s] a worm, such as an earthworm
** 2005 August 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)六(ろく)十(じゅう)四(よん)訓(くん:)　キャラクターはシルエットだけで読(どく)者(しゃ)に見(み)分(わ)けがつくように描(か)き分(わ)けよう (Dai-rokujūyon Kun: Kyarakutā wa Shiruetto Dake de Dokusha ni Miwake ga Tsuku Yō ni Kakiwakeyō, “Lesson 64: Characters Should Be Drawn So That Readers Can Make Them Out with just the Silhouettes”)”, in 銀魂(ぎんたま) (Gin Tama, “Silver Soul”), volume 8 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
    どっかでミミズに小(しょう)便(べん)でも　ひっかけてきたんじゃないかィ？腫(は)れるっていうよね何(なに)言(い)っちゃってんの　迷(めい)信(しん)だろそんな…
       Dokka de mimizu ni shōben de mo hikkakete kita n ja nai ki? Hareru tte iu yo ne
       Did you piss on a worm somewhere? You said swollen right?
       Nani itchatten no Meishin daro sonna…
       What you talkin’ about? That’s just a superstition…

##### Usage notes

* As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ミミズ.

##### Derived terms

* 蚯蚓(みみず)書(が)き (mimizugaki)
* 蚯蚓(ミミズ)蜥蜴(トカゲ) (mimizu tokage, “worm lizard”)
* 蚯蚓(みみず)鳴(な)く (mimizunaku)
* 蚯蚓(みみず)ののたくったよう (mimizu no notakutta yō)
* 蚯蚓(みみず)鯊(はぜ) (mimizuhaze)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 蚯 | 蚓 |
| きゅう Hyōgai | いん Hyōgai |
| on'yomi ||
From Middle Chinese 蚯蚓 (khjuw yin$^X$). Compare modern Mandarin 蚯蚓 (qiūyǐn).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) きゅういん [kyùúíń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [kʲɨːĩɴ]

#### Noun

蚯(きゅう)蚓(いん) • (kyūin)
* a worm, such as an earthworm

### References

* 1 2 “蚯蚓”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 蚯 | 蚓 |

### Noun

蚯蚓 • (gu'in) (hangeul 구인)
* hanja form of 구인 (“earthworm”)