書蟲

Chinese

		book; letter	animal; insect
trad. (書蟲)		書	蟲
simp. (书虫)		书	虫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shūchóng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄔㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syu¹ cung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shūchóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄔㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuchóng
  - Wade–Giles: shu¹-chʻung²
  - Yale: shū-chúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuchorng
  - Palladius: шучун (šučun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: syu¹ cung⁴
  - Yale: syū chùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sy¹ tsung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xu¹ cung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʃyː⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

Noun

書蟲

silverfish
(figuratively) bookworm

Synonyms

(silverfish):

蛀 (zhù) (literary, or in compounds)
蠹 (dù) (literary, or in compounds)
壁魚／壁鱼 (bìyú)
書蛀蟲／书蛀虫 (shūzhùchóng)
白魚／白鱼 (báiyú)

紙魚／纸鱼 (zhǐyú)
蛀書蟲／蛀书虫
蠹魚／蠹鱼 (dùyú)
衣蟲／衣虫 (yīchóng)
衣魚／衣鱼 (yīyú)

Related terms

書呆子／书呆子 (shūdāizi)

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