# 壁蝨
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bìshī
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄕ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bik$^1$ sat$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): bet$^2$ set$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piah-sat
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$piq-saq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bìshī
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄕ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bìshih
*** Wade–Giles: pi$^4$-shih$^1$
*** Yale: bì-shr̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihshy
*** Palladius: биши (biši)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bik$^1$ sat$^1$
*** Yale: bīk sāt
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bik$^7$ sat$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: big$^1$ sed$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɪk̚⁵ sɐt̚⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: bet$^2$ set$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /pet̚⁵⁵ set̚⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piah-sat
*** Tâi-lô: piah-sat
*** Phofsit Daibuun: piahsad
*** IPA (Taipei): /pia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ sat̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ sat̚³²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$piq-saq
*** MiniDict: pih$^入$ sah
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$piq-saq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /piɪʔ³³ saʔ⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: pek srit
Rime :
| Character | 壁 | 蝨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) | 生 (21) |
| Final (韻) | 錫 (127) | 櫛 (51) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | III |
| Fanqie | 北激切 | 所櫛切 |
| Baxter | pek | srit |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pek̚/ | /ʃɪt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pek̚/ | /ʃɪt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pɛk̚/ | /ʃiet̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pɛjk̚/ | /ʂit̚/ |
| Li Rong | /pek̚/ | /ʃiĕt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /piek̚/ | /ʃĭet̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /piek̚/ | /ʂi̯æt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bi | she |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bik$^1$ | sat$^1$ |

### Noun

壁蝨
* tick
* bedbug

#### Synonyms

* (tick): 蜱 (pí), 蝨子／虱子 (shīzi)
* (bedbug):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 臭蟲, 壁蝨, 蜰蟲, 蜰 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 臭蟲, 床蝨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 臭蟲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 臭蟲, 床蝨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 臭蟲, 老臭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 臭蟲 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 壁蝨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 臭蟲 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 壁蝨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 臭蟲 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 臭蝨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 臭蝨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 臭蟲 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 臭蝨 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 臭臭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 壁蝨 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 壁蝨, 臭蟲 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 臭蝨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 臭蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 臭蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 臭蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 壁蝨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 臭蟲 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 臭蟲 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 臭癟, 臭蟲 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 壁蝨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 臭蟲 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 臭蝨 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 木蝨, 床蝨 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 䗆蜱 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 䗆蜱 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huancheng) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nanlang) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Xiaolan) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Henglan) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongfeng) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nantou) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Fusha) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shalang) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Gangkou) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huangpu) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Sanjiao) | 交蚍 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Minzhong) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Guzhen) | 交蚍 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Banfu) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanzhou) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 交蚍, 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 交蚍 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 交蚍 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 交蚍 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 交蚍 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 交蚍 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 交蚍 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 木蝨, 增蚍 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 卑蛆 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 孤蚍 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 木蝨 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 木蝨, 蝨 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 木蝨 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 臭蟲 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 臭蟲, 烏蜱 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 虼蜱 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 臭蟲, 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 木蝨 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 枯蜱 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 枯蜱 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 枯蜱 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 枯蜱 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Changting | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 臭蟲 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 臭蟲 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 臭蟲 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 臭蟲 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 臭蟲 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 臭蟲 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 臭蟲 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 臭蟲 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 木蝨 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 枯蜱 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 臭蟲 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 臭蟲 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 木蝨 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 臭蟲 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 臭蟲 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 䗆蜱 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 臭蟲 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 木蝨, 臭蟲 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 壁蝨, 臭蟲 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 壁蝨 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 壁蝨 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 臭蟲, 壁蝨 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 木蝨 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 木蝨 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 木蝨 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 木蝨 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 木蝨 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 木蝨 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 木蝨 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 木蝨 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 木蝨 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 木蝨 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 木蝨 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 木蝨 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 木蝨 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 木蝨 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 木蝨 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 木蝨 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 木蝨 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 木蝨 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 蛀龜 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 蛀龜 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 木蝨 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 木蝨 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 木蝨 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 木蝨 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 木蝨 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 木蝨 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 木蝨 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 木蝨 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 木蝨 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 木蝨 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 木蝨 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 木蝨 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 木蝨 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 木蝨 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 木蝨 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 木蝨 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 木蝨 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 木蝨 |
| Puxian Min | Fuding (Aoyao) | 木蝨 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 臭蟲, 木蝨 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 木蝨 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 䗆蜱 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 䗆蜱 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 臭蟲, 臭蝨, 壁蝨 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 臭蝨 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 壁蝨, 臭蟲 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 癟蝨 |
| Wu | Danyang | 壁蝨, 臭蟲 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 臭蟲 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 臭蟲 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 茭蝨 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 臭蟲 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 臭蟲 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 臭蟲 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 臭蟲 |

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 壁 | 蝨 |
| だに ||
| Grade: S | Hyōgai |
| jukujikun ||
* Alternative spellings
* 蜱 蟎 螕
/tani/ → /dani/
From Old Japanese. Shift from earlier reading tani. This reading persists in some modern dialects.
The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 壁蝨 / 壁虱 (bìshī). The characters literally mean 壁 (“wall”) + 蝨 (“louse”), as an indication that ticks and mites may be found on walls.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) だに [dàníꜜ] (Odaka –)
* IPA: [da̠ɲ̟i]

#### Noun

壁蝨(だに) or 壁蝨(ダニ) • (dani)
* a tick, a mite: any of various small parasitic arachnids of subclass Acari
* (derogatory, figurative) a parasite, a layabout, a moocher: someone who lives off other people

##### 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 ダニ.

##### Derived terms

* 真蜱(まだに) (madani): “true dani” → tick
* 毛蜱(けだに) (kedani): “hairy dani” → mite
* 葉蜱(はだに) (hadani): “leaf dani” → a red mite, a spider mite
* 羽壁蝨(はだに) (hadani): “wing dani” → a red mite, a spider mite
* 粉蜱(こなだに) (konadani): “powder dani” → a mold mite of family Acaridae

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 壁 | 蝨 |
| たに ||
| Grade: S | Hyōgai |
| jukujikun ||
The ancient form of dani above.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ta̠ɲ̟i]

#### Noun

壁蝨(たに) • (tani)
* (obsolete) a tick, a mite: any of various small parasitic arachnids of subclass Acari

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN