蜚蠊

Chinese

gad-fly
trad. (蜚蠊) 蜚 蠊
simp. #(蜚蠊) 蜚 蠊
alternative forms 飛蠊/飞蠊

Etymology

Cognate with 風 (OC *plum, *plums, “wind”).

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Pronunciation



Rime
Character 蜚 蜚 蠊
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 並 (3) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 微 (21) 微 (21) 鹽 (153)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed Open
Division (等) III III III
Fanqie 府尾切 扶沸切 力鹽切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pʉiX/ /bʉiH/ /liᴇm/
Pan
Wuyun
/pʷɨiX/ /bʷɨiH/ /liɛm/
Shao
Rongfen
/piuəiX/ /biuəiH/ /ljæm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pujX/ /bujH/ /liam/
Li
Rong
/piuəiX/ /biuəiH/ /liɛm/
Wang
Li
/pĭwəiX/ /bĭwəiH/ /lĭɛm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pwe̯iX/ /bʱwe̯iH/ /li̯ɛm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fěi fèi lián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fei2 fei6 lim4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蜚
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
fěi
Middle
Chinese
‹ pjɨjX ›
Old
Chinese
/*pəjʔ/
English noxious insect

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蜚 蜚 蠊
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
No. 3088 3111 6048
Phonetic
component
非 非 兼
Rime
group
微 微 談
Rime
subdivision
1 1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
匪 𥝋 廉
Old
Chinese
/*pɯlʔ/ /*bɯls/ /*ɡ·rem/
Notes 沸原由涕校改

Noun

蜚蠊

  1. (literary or formal) cockroach

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蜚蠊):
  • → Korean: 비렴(蜚蠊) (biryeom)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蜚 蠊
ごきぶり
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 蜚蠊 – see the following entry.
【ゴキブリごきぶり】
[noun] a cockroach
[noun] (slang, derogatory, video games) a Sony fanboy, Sony pony
Alternative spellings
蜚蠊, ゴキブリ
(This term, 蜚蠊, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Usage notes

The kanji spelling is an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 蜚蠊 (fěilián).

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