蜻蜓

Chinese
dragonfly dragonfly
trad. (蜻蜓) 蜻 蜓
simp. #(蜻蜓) 蜻 蜓
蜻蜓

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “looks like there's some sort of reduplication”)

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蜻 蜓
Reading # 2/2 2/3
Initial (聲) 清 (14) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 青 (125) 青 (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV IV
Fanqie 倉經切 特丁切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡sʰeŋ/ /deŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡sʰeŋ/ /deŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡sʰɛŋ/ /dɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡sʰɛjŋ/ /dɛjŋ/
Li
Rong		 /t͡sʰeŋ/ /deŋ/
Wang
Li		 /t͡sʰieŋ/ /dieŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡sʰieŋ/ /dʱieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qīng tíng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 cing1 ting4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蜻 蜓
Reading # 2/2 2/3
No. 11363 12427
Phonetic
component		 生 廷
Rime
group		 耕 耕
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 靑 庭
Old
Chinese		 /*sʰleːŋ/ /*l'eːŋ/

Noun

蜻蜓

  1. dragonfly

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 蜻蜓 (“dragonfly”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 蜻, 蜻蜓, 蜻蛉, 虰蛵
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 蜻蜓
Taxonomic name 蜻蜓
Mandarin Beijing 螞螂, 老琉璃, 琉璃, 蜻蜓
Taiwan 蜻蜓
Tianjin 老褐, 老蜓
Langfang 螞螂
Tangshan 螞螂
Cangzhou 螞螂
Baoding 螞螂
Shijiazhuang 螞螂兒
Daming 抨抨砣
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 螞螂兒
Harbin 蜻蜓, 螞螂
Shenyang 螞螂
Yantai (Muping) 蜻蜓兒, 老老擔兒
Qingdao 蜻蜓
Jinan 蜻蜓
Luoyang 虰虰
Wanrong 棒槌
Zhengzhou 虰虰, 麥虰虰
Xi'an 螞螂
Yinchuan 老虎招招
Lanzhou 春官
Xining 蜻蜓
Ürümqi 蜻蜓
Wuhan 虰虰
Huanggang 蜻雀兒
Chengdu 虰虰貓兒, 蜻蜓
Guiyang 蜻蜓
Kunming 蜻蜓
Guilin 蜻蜓
Guanyang 咩咩蛘
Pingle 咩咩蛘
Liuzhou 塘咩, 蜻蜓
Luzhai 蜻蜓
Tianlin (Langping) 沙蛘
Xuzhou 光光蜓
Yangzhou 蜻蜻子
Nanjing 蜻蜻, 蜻蜓
Hefei 蜻蜻, 蜻蜻子
Nantong 䗌虰
Changle (Qinjiang) 螞螂
Singapore 蜻蜓
Cantonese Guangzhou 塘尾
Hong Kong 蜻蜓, 塘尾
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 囊蜊
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 囊蜺
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 囊蜊
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 囊蜊
Macau 塘尾
Guangzhou (Panyu) 塘尾
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 揚尾
Guangzhou (Conghua) 囊泥
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 囊蜊
Foshan 塘尾
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 塘尾
Foshan (Shunde) 塘蜊
Foshan (Sanshui) 塘尾
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 塘尾
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 塘尾
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 蟲尾
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 塘尾
Zhuhai (Doumen) 囊蜺
Jiangmen (Baisha) 郎里
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 囊蜺
Taishan 黃尾
Kaiping (Chikan) 黃蜺
Enping (Niujiang) 禾狸
Heshan (Yayao) 娘迷
Dongguan 䗧蛜
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 塘泥
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 蜋蜺
Qingyuan 黃尾池
Fogang 囊泥
Yingde (Hanguang) 楊眉池
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 蜻蜓
Shaoguan 塘蜊
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 蜋尾
Renhua 羅尾仔
Lechang 塘尾, 後尾
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 塘尾
Sihui 落尼
Guangning 塘尼
Deqing 塘尼
Huaiji 蜋蜊
Yunfu 塘尾
Xinxing 塘尾
Luoding 塘尼
Yangjiang 朋蜺
Xinyi 癩痢
Maoming (Xinpo) 囊呢
Nanning 塘咩
Wuzhou 塘蜺
Yulin 塘蜺
Hepu (Lianzhou) 蜻蜓
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 塘尾
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 塘尾
Gan Nanchang 虰虰, 蜻蜓
Lichuan 港雞
Pingxiang 揚尾
Hakka Meixian 囊蜺仔, 囊蜺, 囊尾
Xingning 黃咪哩
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 囊蜺
Huiyang 黃蜺仔, 黃蜺
Huidong (Daling) 黃蜺仔
Dongguan (Qingxi) 黃蜺
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 黃蜺
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 黃你
Wuhua (Huacheng) 黃尾哩, 娘尾哩
Wuhua (Meilin) 囊蜺哩
Heyuan (Bendihua) 囊蜺
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 龍蟻子
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 囊蜺
Liannan 囊蜺
Conghua (Lütian) 黃蜺
Jiexi 囊蜺
Changting 挪尾
Wuping 羊必子
Wuping (Pingyu) 揚尾子
Liancheng 蒙里
Ninghua 管胚
Yudu 塘尾
Ruijin 囊蟻子
Shicheng 康雞
Shangyou (Shexi) 塘子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 揚尾仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 揚尾仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 囊蜺仔, 揚尾仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 揚尾
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 囊蜺仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 蛘蜺
Hong Kong 黃蜺
Luchuan 螗蜊
Sabah (Longchuan) 囊蜺
Senai (Huiyang) 囊蜺
Huizhou Jixi 蜓蜓
Jin Taiyuan 兒蜻
Pingyao 水師婆
Xinzhou 河蟢蟢
Hohhot 蜻蜓
Zhangjiakou 水池牌兒
Handan 水蜓蜓
Min Bei Jian'ou 刊魁
Songxi 紅魁仔
Zhenghe 狐狸仔
Jianyang 刊魁仔, 刊魁
Wuyishan 刊魁
Min Dong Fuzhou 螞蝴
Changle 蜻胲
Fuqing 茶茶娘
Yongtai 蜻胲
Gutian 蜻𧉪
Fu'an 蜻𧉪
Ningde 蜻𧉪娘
Shouning 蜻𧉪
Zhouning 蜻𧉪
Fuding 蜻𧉪
Matsu 螞蝴
Min Nan Xiamen 田嬰
Quanzhou 田嬰
Jinjiang 田嬰, 山蜊
Anxi 含嬰
Yongchun 田嬰
Dehua 田嬰
Zhangzhou 田嬰
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 田嬰
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 蜻咩
Pinghe 田嬰
Zhangpu 田嬰
Zhao'an 山咩
Dongshan 田嬰, 山咩 rural
Taipei 𧌄嬰
New Taipei (Sanxia) 田嬰
Kaohsiung 田嬰
Yilan 田嬰
Changhua (Lukang) 田嬰
Taichung 田嬰
Taichung (Wuqi) 田嬰
Tainan 田嬰
Taitung 田嬰
Hsinchu 田嬰
Kinmen 田嬰
Penghu (Magong) 田嬰
Singapore (Hokkien) 田嬰
Manila (Hokkien) 田嬰, 山蜊
Longyan 羅離
Zhangping 臭尼
Zhangping (Yongfu) 新嬰
Datian 翼嬰
Chaozhou 𬠋𧌊
Shantou 𬠋𧌊
Shantou (Chenghai) 𬠋𧌊
Jieyang 𬠋𧌊
Haifeng 𬠋𧌊
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 𬠋𧌊
Singapore (Teochew) 𬠋𧌊
Leizhou 蛅蛉
Wenchang 雙枒, 雙夏, 雙翼
Haikou 蜻蜓
Qionghai 雙枒, 雙翼
Puxian Min Putian 淺咪叉, 淺咪叉蝦
Wu Shanghai 蜻蜓
Shanghai (Chongming) 新人
Suzhou 蜻蜓
Wuxi 蜻蜓
Danyang 蜻蜓, 蜻蜓蜓, 蜓
Hangzhou 蜻蜓
Ningbo 蜻蜓
Wenzhou 蜻蜓
Jinhua 蜻蜓
Xiang Changsha 洋咪咪
Xiangtan 洋眯眯
Loudi 洋咪咪
Shuangfeng 洋洋蠛, 洋媽蠛

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
蜻 蜓
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
irregular

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

蜻蜓(やんま) • (yanma) 

  1. large dragonfly, specifically hawker (dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
蜻 蜓
せい
Hyōgaiji		 てい
Hyōgaiji
kan’on

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

蜻(せい)蜓(てい) • (seitei) 

  1. large dragonfly, specifically hawker (dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae)

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
蜻 蜓
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
irregular

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

蜻蜓(とんぼ) • (tonbo)  or 蜻蜓(とんぼう) • (tonbō)  (used by Bashō)

  1. Alternative spelling of 蜻蛉

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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