蛾子

Chinese

		moth	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad. (蛾子)		蛾	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ézi

(Zhuyin): ㄜˊ ˙ㄗ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ézi
  - Zhuyin: ㄜˊ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ézi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: o²-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: é-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: er.tzy
  - Palladius: эцзы (eczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
  - Homophones:
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    蛾子
    額子／额子

Noun

蛾子

moth (insect of the order Lepidoptera)

Synonyms

白翼仔 (Hakka)
蛾 (é)
蛾仔 (Taiwanese Hokkien)

蝶仔 (Hokkien)
撲棱蛾子／扑棱蛾子 (pūlēng'ézi) (Northern China, dialectal Mandarin)
飛蛾／飞蛾 (fēi'é)

Derived terms

撲棱蛾子／扑棱蛾子 (pūlēng'ézi)

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