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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fěilián

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˇ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fei² lim⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fěilián
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˇ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fěilián
  - Wade–Giles: fei³-lien²
  - Yale: fěi-lyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feeilian
  - Palladius: фэйлянь (fɛjljanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ljɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fei² lim⁴
  - Yale: féi lìhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fei² lim⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: féi² lim⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯³⁵ liːm²¹/

Middle Chinese: /pʉi^X|bʉi^H liᴇm/

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	/pʉi^X/	/bʉi^H/	/liᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷɨi^X/	/bʷɨi^H/	/liɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/piuəi^X/	/biuəi^H/	/ljæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puj^X/	/buj^H/	/liam/
Li Rong	/piuəi^X/	/biuəi^H/	/liɛm/
Wang Li	/pĭwəi^X/	/bĭwəi^H/	/lĭɛm/
Bernard Karlgren	/pwe̯i^X/	/bʱwe̯i^H/	/li̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fěi	fèi	lián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fei²	fei⁶	lim⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*pɯlʔ|bɯls ɡ·rem/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蜚
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fěi
Middle Chinese	‹ pjɨj^X ›
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

(literary or formal) cockroach

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蟑螂 (“cockroach”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蜚蠊, 䗅蜋, 香娘子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蟑螂, 蜚蠊
Taxonomic name		蜚蠊
Mandarin	Beijing	老蟑兒, 油炸豆兒
	Taiwan	蟑螂, 小強
	Ulanhot	老蟑
	Tongliao	蟑螂
	Chifeng	蟑螂
	Bayanhot	蟑螂
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	蟑螂
	Harbin	蟑螂, 老蟑
	Shenyang	老蟑
	Yantai (Muping)	蟑火螂
	Jinan	蟑螂
	Xi'an	蟑螂
	Lanzhou	蟑螂
	Ürümqi	蟑螂, 油蟲
	Wuhan	灶馬子
	Chengdu	偷油婆, 蟑螂
	Chongqing	偷油婆
	Guiyang	偷油婆
	Kunming	偷油婆
	Liuzhou	偷油婆, 臊甲
	Xuzhou	蟑螂
	Yangzhou	蟑木蟲子
	Nanjing	蟑螂
	Nantong	蟑木蟲兒
	Malaysia	蟑螂
	Singapore	蟑螂
	Kokang	灶麻雞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	曱甴
	Hong Kong	曱甴, 小強
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	曱甴
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	曱甴
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	曱甴
	Macau	曱甴
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	曱甴
	Taishan	曱甴
	Dongguan	曱甴
	Shaoguan	曱甴
	Yangjiang	曱甴
	Xinyi	曱甴
	Maoming (Xinpo)	曱甴
	Nanning	曱甴
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	曱甴
	Penang (Guangfu)	曱甴
	Singapore (Guangfu)	曱甴
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	曱甴
	Yangon (Taishan)	曱甴
	Mandalay (Taishan)	曱甴
Gan	Nanchang	煠撥子, 赤膊子
	Lichuan	蚻
	Pingxiang	油賊婆
	Guixi	煠撥子
Hakka	Meixian	黃蚻
	Xingning	黃蚻
	Huiyang	黃蚻
	Huidong (Daling)	黃蚻
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	黃蚻
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	蜞蚻
	Wengyuan	黃蚻
	Nanxiong (Zhuji)	黃蚻
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	黃蚻
	Liannan	黃蚻
	Jiexi	蜞蚻
	Luhe	蜞蚻
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	黃蚻
	Changting	黃蚻
	Wuping	黃蚻
	Wuping (Yanqian)	黃蚻
	Wuping (Pingyu)	黃蚻
	Liancheng	黃蚻
	Ninghua	黃蚻
	Yudu	黃蚻
	Ningdu	黃蚻
	Ruijin	黃蚻
	Shicheng	黃蚻
	Shangyou (Shexi)	黃蚻
	Tonggu (Sandu)	虼蚻
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	黃蚻
	Dayu	黃蚻
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	黃蚻
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	黃蚻
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蜞蚻, 蜞蚻仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	黃蚻
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蜞蚻, 黃蚻
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	黃蚻
	Hong Kong	黃蚻
	Mengshan (Xihe)	黃蚻
	Luchuan	黃蚻
	Sabah (Longchuan)	黃蚻
	Senai (Huiyang)	蜞蚻
	Singkawang	蜞蚻
Huizhou	Jixi	油蟲
Huizhou	Shexian	蟑油蟲
Jin	Taiyuan	蟑螂
	Taibus (Baochang)	蟑螂
	Linhe	蟑螂
	Jining	蟑老財
	Hohhot	蟑螂
	Baotou	蟑老財
	Dongsheng	蟑螂
	Haibowan	蟑螂
Min Bei	Jian'ou	蚻
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	蚻
	Songxi	蚻
	Zhenghe	蚻
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	蚻
	Jianyang	蚻
	Wuyishan	蚻
	Pucheng (Shibei)	蚻
Min Dong	Fuzhou	虼蚻
	Changle	蚻母
	Fuqing	虼蚻
	Yongtai	虼蚻
	Gutian	蚻母
	Fu'an	蚻
	Ningde	蚻母
	Shouning	蚻
	Zhouning	蚻
	Fuding	蚻, 虼蚻
	Matsu	灶蚻
Min Nan	Xiamen	虼蚻
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	虼蚻
	Quanzhou	虼蚻
	Jinjiang	虼蚻
	Nan'an	虼蚻
	Anxi	虼蚻
	Yongchun	虼蚻
	Dehua	虼蚻
	Zhangzhou	虼蚻
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	虼蚻
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	虼蚻
	Hua'an	虼蚻
	Zhangpu	虼蚻
	Yunxiao	虼蚻
	Dongshan	虼蚻
	Taipei	虼蚻
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	虼蚻
	Kaohsiung	虼蚻
	Yilan	虼蚻
	Changhua (Lukang)	虼蚻
	Taichung	虼蚻
	Taichung (Wuqi)	虼蚻
	Tainan	虼蚻
	Taitung	虼蚻
	Hsinchu	虼蚻
	Kinmen	虼蚻
	Penghu (Magong)	虼蚻
	Penang (Hokkien)	虼蚻
	Singapore (Hokkien)	虼蚻
	Manila (Hokkien)	虼蚻
	Longyan	虼蚻
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	虼蚻仔
	Datian	油蚻
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	虼蚻
	Chaozhou	虼蚻
	Shantou	虼蚻
	Shantou (Chenghai)	虼蚻
	Jieyang	虼蚻
	Haifeng	虼蚻
	Bangkok (Teochew)	虼蚻
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	虼蚻
	Singapore (Teochew)	虼蚻
	Leizhou	虼蚻
	Wenchang	虼蚻
	Haikou	虼蚻
	Singapore (Hainanese)	虼蚻
Puxian Min	Putian	虼蚻
Puxian Min	Xianyou	虼蚻
Min Zhong	Yong'an	蚻
	Sanyuan	蚻
	Shaxian	蚻
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	虼蚻
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	臊甲
Waxiang	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	油蟲
Wu	Shanghai	蟑螂, 小強
	Shanghai (Chongming)	灶鴨
	Suzhou	蟑螂
	Wuxi	蟑螂
	Danyang	蟑螂
	Hangzhou	蟑螂
	Ningbo	蟑螂
	Wenzhou	膠蚻
Xiang	Changsha	偷油婆
	Xiangtan	偷油婆
	Loudi	油鹽蟲
	Quanzhou	臊甲子

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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