蝲蝲蛄

Chinese
phonetic
simp. and trad.
(蝲蝲蛄)		 蝲 蝲 蛄
alternative forms 拉拉蛄
喇喇蛄
拉拉姑

Etymology

From Manchu ᠯᠠᡤᡠ (lagu, “mole cricket”) (Liu et al., 1984).

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): làlàgǔ, làlàgū
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˋ ㄌㄚˋ ㄍㄨˇ, ㄌㄚˋ ㄌㄚˋ ㄍㄨ

Noun

蝲蝲蛄

  1. (colloquial) mole cricket
    聽蝲蝲蛄叫，還不種莊稼了？ [MSC, trad.]
    听蝲蝲蛄叫，还不种庄稼了？ [MSC, simp.]
    Tīng làlagǔ jiào, hái bù zhòng zhuāngjia le? [Pinyin]
    Hearing that there are mole crickets (crop-attacking insects) chirping [in the field], should you give up tilling the land altogether?

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 螻蛄 (“mole cricket”) [map]
Variety Location Words
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
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
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