# 蛆蟲
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qūchóng
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi$^1$ cung$^4$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cy$^1$ tang$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhu-thâng / chhi-thâng
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): cu$^1$ tang$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qūchóng
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cyuchóng
*** Wade–Giles: chʻü$^1$-chʻung$^2$
*** Yale: chyū-chúng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuchorng
*** Palladius: цюйчун (cjujčun)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$蛆蟲 / 蛆虫 驅蟲 / 驱虫
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ceoi$^1$ cung$^4$
*** Yale: chēui chùhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey$^1$ tsung$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cêu$^1$ cung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: cy$^1$ tang$^2$ [Phonetic: cy$^5$ lang$^2$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: chṳ-táng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰy⁵³³⁻²¹ $^{(tʰ-)}$laŋ¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhu-thâng
*** Tâi-lô: tshu-thâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhu'taang
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰu⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰaŋ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi-thâng
*** Tâi-lô: tshi-thâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chi'taang
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰaŋ²³/
** (Leizhou)
*** Leizhou Pinyin: cu$^1$ tang$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu³⁵⁻³³ tʰaŋ²²/

### Noun

蛆蟲
* maggot
* (figurative, derogatory) despicable person
* (Leizhou Min, Puxian Min, Wenzhounese) mosquito larva

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蛆蟲 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 蛆蚜子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 蛆蚜子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 屎蟲, 屎坑蟲 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 𫋂仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 蠕屎蟲, 屎缸蟲 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蠕屎蟲, 屎缸蟲 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 屎缸蟲 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 蠕屎蟲, 屎缸蟲 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 蠕屎蟲, 屎缸蟲 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 屎缸蟲 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 屎礐蟲 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 屎礐蟲 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 屎礐蟲 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 屎礐仔蟲 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 屎龜, 蛆 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 屎礐仔蟲, 便所蟲 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 屎礐仔蟲 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 屎礐仔蟲 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 屎礐仔蟲 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 屎礐仔蟲 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 屎礐仔蟲 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 屎礐蟲 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 屎礐仔蟲 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 屎蟲 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蛆婆子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 蛆婆子 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蜎 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 孑孓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 跟頭蟲兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 孑孓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 跟頭蟲兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 跟頭蟲兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 跟頭蟲兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 跟頭蟲 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 跟頭蟲兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 跟頭蟲 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 跟頭蟲, 跟頭蟲子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 打老鬼, 孑孓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 跟頭蟲兒, 孑孓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 跟頭蟲兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 顛倒子, 水擔圪斗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 孑孓, 跟頭蟲 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 跟頭蟲 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 跟頭蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 跟斗兒蟲, 沙蟲子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 跟頭蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 跟斗蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 孑孓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 跟斗蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 沙蟲, 孑孓 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 蠓蟲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 孑孓, 沙蟲, 沙屎蟲, 蚊蟲, 紅蟲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 孑孓, 沙蟲 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 逕蟲 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 沙蟲 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 沙蟲 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 沙蟲 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 曲曲蛆 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 沙蟲 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 沙蟲 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 屎蛆仔, 水蛆仔, 蛆仔 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 沙蟲 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 沙蟲子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 打滾蟲 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 道跌子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan (Jiancaoping) | 道跌子 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 卜來來 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 吊孑子 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 耍錢棍兒 |
| Jin | Handan | 跟頭蟲子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 變魚蟲 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 把啷鼓墜 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 車蛆, 蛆 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 車蛆, 蛆 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 車蛆 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 車蛆, 蛆 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 水蛆 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 末仔 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蛆 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 蛆, 大頭蛆 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 蛆蟲 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 雨蟲 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 蛆, 蛆蟲 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 蛆 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 蛆 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 蛆蟲 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 蛆 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 蛆 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 蛆 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 蠓蟲 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 沙蟲 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 沙蟲 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 打拳蛆 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 孓襻蟲 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 打拳蟲 |
| Wu | Danyang | 水孑孓, 彎蟲 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 倒督蟲兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 棲蟲 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蛆蟲 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 骨骨蟲, 各各蟲 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 糞缸蟲 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 沙蟲子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 紅紗蟲 |

#### Derived terms

* 蛆蟲療法 / 蛆虫疗法 (qūchóng liáofǎ)
* 蛆蟲蠓 / 蛆虫蠓

### References

* 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), “蛆虫”, 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 118.