# 蝤蠐
## Chinese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qiúqí
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄑㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cau$^4$ cai$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiû-chê
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qiúqí
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄑㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cióucí
*** Wade–Giles: chʻiu$^2$-chʻi$^2$
*** Yale: chyóu-chí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyouchyi
*** Palladius: цюци (cjuci)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cau$^4$ cai$^4$
*** Yale: chàuh chàih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsau$^4$ tsai$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ceo$^4$ cei$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰɐi̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiû-chê
*** Tâi-lô: tshiû-tsê
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiuzee
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiu²⁴⁻²² t͡se²⁴/
* Middle Chinese: dzjuw dzej
Rime :
| Character | 蝤 | 蠐 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | IV |
| Fanqie | 自秋切 | 徂奚切 |
| Baxter | dzjuw | dzej |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡zɨu/ | /d͡zei/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡ziu/ | /d͡zei/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡ziəu/ | /d͡zɛi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡zuw/ | /d͡zɛj/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡ziu/ | /d͡zei/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡zĭəu/ | /d͡ziei/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /d͡zʱi̯ə̯u/ | /d͡zʱiei/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qiú | qí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cau$^4$ | cai$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sɡlu zliːl|zlil/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 蝤 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | qiú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dzjuw › |
| Old Chinese | /*[dz]u/ |
| English | 蝤蠐 tree-grub |
| 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 | 蝤 | 蠐 | 蠐 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 15561 | 10055 | 10072 |
| Phonetic component | 酉 | 齊 | 齊 |
| Rime group | 幽 | 脂 | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 酋 | 齊 | 茨 |
| Old Chinese | /*sɡlu/ | /*zliːl/ | /*zlil/ |
| Notes | | | 原作蟲在齊中， 注又音疾兮切， 齊韻正作此體 |

### Noun

蝤蠐
* (literary) larva of the longhorn beetle
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Shǒu rú róutí, fū rú níngzhī, lǐng rú qiúqí, chǐ rú hùxī. Qínshǒu éméi, qiǎoxiào qiàn xī, měimù pàn xī. [Pinyin]
    Her fingers were like the blades of the young white-grass; Her skin was like congealed ointment; Her neck was like the tree-grub; Her teeth were like melon seeds; Her forehead cicada-like; her eyebrows like [the antenne of] the silkworm moth; What dimples, as she artfully smiled! How lovely her eyes, with the black and white so well defined!
* (literary, figurative) the soft and smooth neck of beautiful women

#### Derived terms

* 蝤蠐項 / 蝤蛴项
* 蝤蠐領 / 蝤蛴领
* 蝤蠐頸 / 蝤蛴颈
* 領如蝤蠐 / 领如蝤蛴