蝗蟲

See also: 蝗虫

Chinese

		locust	animal; insect
trad. (蝗蟲)		蝗	蟲
simp. (蝗虫)		蝗	虫

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 蝗蟲 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 蝗蟲論 (Written Standard Chinese^?)

Etymology

"Mainland Chinese"

From the view that Mainland Chinese come into Hong Kong in large crowds while consuming any resource that they could find, and "refuse to follow rules and order".^[1]

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): huángchóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄔㄨㄥˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): huang² cong²

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хуончун (huončun, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ cung⁴
• Northern Min (KCR): huǎng-tông
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hông-tiông / hông-thiông / hông-thâng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huang⁵ tang⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶waon-zon
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fan² zhong²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huángchóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huángchóng
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-chʻung²
    • Yale: hwáng-chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangchorng
    • Palladius: хуанчун (xuančun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huángchóngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄔㄨㄥˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huángchóngr
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-chʻung²-ʼrh
    • Yale: hwáng-chúngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangchorngl
    • Palladius: хуанчунр (xuančunr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊ̃ɻ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: huang² cong²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xuongcung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuaŋ²¹ t͡sʰoŋ²¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хуончун (huončun, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuɑŋ²⁴ ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ cung⁴
    • Yale: wòhng chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: huǎng-tông
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuaŋ²¹ tʰɔŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-tiông
    • Tâi-lô: hông-tiông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongdioong
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-thiông
    • Tâi-lô: hông-thiông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongtioong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² tʰiɔŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-thâng
    • Tâi-lô: hông-thâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongtaang
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² tʰaŋ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huang⁵ tang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huâng thâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰaŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶waon-zon
    • MiniDict: waon^去 zon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhuaan-zon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦuɑ̃²² zoŋ⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: fan² zhong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ɸan¹³ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ɸan¹³ t͡sən¹³/

Noun

蝗蟲

1. locust
2. person with a big appetite
3. (Hong Kong, slang, derogatory, offensive) mainland Chinese; mainlander

Synonyms

• (locust) (dialectal) 螞蚱／蚂蚱 (màzha), 螞蚱子／蚂蚱子; (Guizhou) 麥蚱／麦蚱; (Muping Mandarin) 螞蚱兒／蚂蚱儿; (Wanrong Mandarin) 螞蚱蚱／蚂蚱蚱; (Xining Mandarin) 雀螞蚱／雀蚂蚱; (Gan) 虴蛨, 虴蛨子; (Xinzhou) 別爭／别争
• (mainlander):

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• 26 (Taiwanese Mandarin, Internet slang)
• 內地人／内地人 (nèidìrén) (chiefly mainland Chinese, Hong Kong)
• 唐山人 (tángshānrén) (Taiwan, Philippines, chiefly Min Nan)
• 外省人 (wàishěngrén) (Taiwan)
• 大劣人 (Hong Kong, derogatory)
• 大陸人／大陆人 (dàlùrén)
• 大陸仔／大陆仔 (Philippine Hokkien)
• 大陸喱／大陆喱 (Hong Kong, derogatory)
• 強國人／强国人 (qiángguórén) (Hong Kong, sarcastic)
• 死阿陸／死阿陆 (sǐ'ālù) (Taiwan, derogatory)
• 滯臺中國人／滞台中国人 (zhì Tái zhōngguórén) (Taiwan, derogatory)
• 滯臺支那人／滞台支那人 (zhì Tái zhīnàrén) (Taiwan, offensive)
• 老芋仔 (Taiwanese Hokkien, derogatory)
• 長山仔／长山仔 (Taiwanese Hakka, derogatory)
• 阿山 (Taiwanese Hokkien, dated)
• 阿山仔 (Taiwanese Hakka, derogatory)
• 阿陸仔／阿陆仔 (Taiwanese Hokkien, offensive)

 

Compounds

• 沙漠蝗蟲／沙漠蝗虫 (shāmòhuángchóng)

 

References

1. https://www.scmp.com/article/991355/anger-mainland-visitors-escalates-locust-ad

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蝗	蟲
こう Hyōgai	ちゅう Hyōgai
kan'on

For pronunciation and definitions of 蝗蟲 – see the following entry.

【蝗虫こうちゅう】 [noun] locust

(This term, 蝗蟲, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)