血吸蟲

See also: 血吸虫

Chinese

		blood	trematode
trad. (血吸蟲)		血	吸蟲
simp. (血吸虫)		血	吸虫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuèxīchóng, xuěxīchóng, xiěxīchóng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄔㄨㄥˊ, ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄔㄨㄥˊ, ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄔㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hyut³ kap¹ cung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: xuèxīchóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄔㄨㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehshichorng
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕɥ̯œ⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: xuěxīchóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄔㄨㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheueshichorng
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕɥ̯œ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiěxīchóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄔㄨㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiieshichorng
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hyut³ kap¹ cung⁴
  - Yale: hyut kāp chùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hyt⁸ kap⁷ tsung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hüd³ keb¹ cung⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /hyːt̚³ kʰɐp̚⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

Noun

血吸蟲

(parasitology) schistosome; blood fluke (Schistosoma)

Usage notes

To those unfamiliar, this term may strike them as a blatant misnomer: 血 (xuè, “blood”) + 吸 (xī, “sucks”) + 蟲／虫 (chóng, “the bug”).

Derived terms

廣東住血吸蟲／广东住血吸虫

血吸蟲病／血吸虫病 (xuèxīchóngbìng)

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