螻蛄

See also: 蝼蛄

Chinese

		mole-cricket; Gryllotalpa africona	mole-cricket
trad. (螻蛄)		螻	蛄
simp. (蝼蛄)		蝼	蛄

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lóugū

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄡˊ ㄍㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ gu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lóugū
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˊ ㄍㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lóugu
  - Wade–Giles: lou²-ku¹
  - Yale: lóu-gū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lougu
  - Palladius: лоугу (lougu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /loʊ̯³⁵ ku⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lóugūr
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˊ ㄍㄨㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lóugur
  - Wade–Giles: lou²-ku¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: lóu-gūr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lougul
  - Palladius: лоугур (lougur)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /loʊ̯³⁵ kuɻʷ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lau⁴ gu¹
  - Yale: làuh gū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ gu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ gu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ kuː⁵⁵/

Noun

螻蛄

mole cricket

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 螻蛄 (“mole cricket”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		螻蛄, 𧕱, 螻螲
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		螻蛄
Mandarin	Beijing	蝲蝲蛄
	Taiwan	螻蛄, 土狗
	Harbin	蝲蝲蛄
	Yantai (Muping)	螻蛄, 海陸空 humorous
	Jinan	螻蛄
	Wanrong	螻蛄
	Yinchuan	土狗子
	Lanzhou	土狗子
	Xining	地狗子
	Ürümqi	蝲蝲蛄
	Wuhan	土狗子
	Chengdu	土狗兒, 土狗, 土狗子
	Guiyang	土狗崽, 土狗
	Liuzhou	土狗
	Xuzhou	螻蛄
	Yangzhou	土狗子
	Nanjing	土狗子
	Nantong	土狗兒, 土狗
Cantonese	Guangzhou	土狗
	Hong Kong	土狗
	Dongguan	草狗
Gan	Nanchang	土狗子
	Lichuan	土狗
	Pingxiang	土狗子
Hakka	Meixian	土狗仔
	Xingning	土狗哩
	Huidong (Daling)	土八仔
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	土猴子
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	土狗
	Changting	土猴哩, 土狗
	Wuping	土狗子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	土狗子
	Liancheng	土狗
	Ninghua	土狗子
	Yudu	土狗子
	Ruijin	兔狗子
	Shicheng	土狗子
	Shangyou (Shexi)	土狗子
Jin	Taiyuan	蝲蛄
	Pingyao	蝲蛄
	Xinzhou	蝲蛄
Northern Min	Jian'ou	沙猴仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	塗犬
Eastern Min	Fuqing	塗犬, 地鹿
Southern Min	Xiamen	杜猴
	Quanzhou	塗猴
	Yongchun	塗猴
	Zhangzhou	杜猴
	Chaozhou	杜猴
	Jieyang	杜猴
	Leizhou	𫋐猴
Wu	Shanghai	螻蛄, 油葫蘆
	Shanghai (Chongming)	螻蛄
	Suzhou	螻蛄
	Danyang	地鱉狗子, 土狗 suburbs
	Hangzhou	地狗兒
	Ningbo	地狗, 游蛄
	Wenzhou	土狗
	Jinhua	土狗, 水狗兒
Xiang	Changsha	土狗子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
螻	蛄
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
irregular

Etymology

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 螻蛄／蝼蛄 (lóugū). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けら [kèrá] (Heiban – [0])
(Tokyo) けら [kèráꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [ke̞ɾa̠]

(Tokyo) おけら [òkérá] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [o̞ke̞ɾa̠]

Noun

螻蛄(けら) or 螻蛄(ケラ) or 螻蛄(おけら) or 螻蛄(オケラ) • (kera or okera)

a mole cricket

References

mole cricket on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Gryllotalpa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Gryllotalpa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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