斑蝥

Chinese

		variegated	Spanish fly; grain-eating grub
simp. and trad. (斑蝥)		斑	蝥
alternative forms		螌蝥 班蝥 螌蟊 斑蟊

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bānmáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢ ㄇㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baan¹ maau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bānmáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢ ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: banmáo
    • Wade–Giles: pan¹-mao²
    • Yale: bān-máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banmau
    • Palladius: баньмао (banʹmao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baan¹ maau⁴
    • Yale: bāan màauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baan¹ maau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ban¹ mao⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːn⁵⁵ maːu̯²¹/

Noun

斑蝥

1. blister beetle (various species of Meloidae or Mylabris)
2. tiger beetle (various species of Cicindelidae)

   Synonym: 虎甲蟲／虎甲虫 (hǔjiǎchóng)

3. Spanish fly; cantharis (Lytta vesicatoria)