螟蛉子

Chinese

		green rice caterpillar; caterpillar of many Lepidoptera species, such as the corn earworm or the small white butterfly	child; son; (noun suff.) child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
simp. and trad. (螟蛉子)		螟蛉	子

Etymology

See 螟蛉 (mínglíng).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mínglíngzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄗˇ
Min Nan (POJ): bêng-lêng-chú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mínglíngzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄗˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minglingtzyy
  - IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ liŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-lêng-chú
  - Tâi-lô: bîng-lîng-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: benglengzuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² liɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ liɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/

Noun

螟蛉子

(literary, figuratively) adopted son; adoptive children

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