# 甲蟲
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiǎchóng
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaap$^3$ cung$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎchóng
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎchóng
*** Wade–Giles: chia$^3$-chʻung$^2$
*** Yale: jyǎ-chúng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeachorng
*** Palladius: цзячун (czjačun)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaap$^3$ cung$^4$
*** Yale: gaap chùhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaap$^8$ tsung$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gab$^3$ cung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːp̚³ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

### Noun

甲蟲
* beetle (any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera)
* (Jiangyong Tuhua) pangolin

#### Synonyms

* (beetle):
* 屎猴 (shǐhóu) (regional)
* 甲殼蟲 / 甲壳虫 (jiǎqiàochóng)
* 蛄仔 (Hakka)
* 龜仔 / 龟仔 (Hokkien)
* (pangolin):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 鯪鯉, 龍鯉 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 穿山甲, 鯪鯉 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 穿山甲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 穿山甲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 穿山甲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 穿山甲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 穿山甲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 穿山甲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 穿山甲 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 穿山甲 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 穿山甲 |
| Gan | Pengze | 鑽山甲 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 穿山甲, 關穿 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 鱗鱗甲 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 過山甲 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 鱗甲 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 甲鱗 |
| Hakka | Changting | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 穿山甲, 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 鱗甲 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 鱗鯉 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 鱗甲 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 鰱鯉 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 鯪鯉甲 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鯪鯉 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 鯪鯉 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 鯪鯉 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 鯪鯉 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 鯪鯉 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 鯪鯉 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 鯪鯉 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 鯪鯉 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 鯪鯉 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 鯪鯉 |
| Eastern Min | Sibu (Minqing) | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鯪鯉, 步山虎 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 羅鯉鱗 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 鱗鯉鱗 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 鯪鯉 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 穿山甲 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 山裡魚 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 穿山子, 鯪甲 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 甲蟲 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Dong'an | 鱗甲 |

#### Derived terms

* 六月甲蟲 / 六月甲虫 (liùyuè jiǎchóng)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 甲(こう)虫(ちゅう) (kōchū)
* → Korean: 갑충(甲蟲) (gapchung)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 甲 | 蟲 |

### Noun

甲蟲 • (gapchung) (hangeul 갑충)
* hanja form of 갑충 (“beetle”)