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蝙蝠

蝙蝠

Chinese

bat bat
simp. and trad.
(蝙蝠)
alt. forms 𧓧蝮 archaic

Noun

蝙蝠

  1. bat (small flying mammal)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蝙蝠 (“bat (animal)”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 蝙蝠
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 蝙蝠
Mandarin Beijing 燕麼虎兒、蝙蝠兒
Taiwan 蝙蝠
Tianjin 燕麼虎兒、蝙蝠兒
Jinan 簷壁蝠子
Xi'an 夜標虎、夜標虎兒
Wuhan 簷老鼠、簷鼠佬
Chengdu 簷老鼠兒、夜壁蝠兒、蝙蝠
Yangzhou 壁蝠子
Hefei 壁蝠、簷老鼠
Cantonese Guangzhou 蝠鼠、飛鼠
Hong Kong 蝙蝠、蝠鼠、飛鼠
Taishan 飛鼠
Yangjiang 蝠鼠、飛鼠
Gan Nanchang 簷老鼠
Hakka Meixian 蝠婆仔
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 蝙蝠、蝠婆、蝠婆仔
Liudui (S. Sixian) 蝙蝠、蝠婆、蝠婆仔
Hsinchu (Hailu) 蝙蝠、蝠婆
Dongshi (Dabu) 蝙蝠、蝠婆
Zhuolan (Raoping) 蝠婆、蝠婆仔
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 蝠婆
Jin Taiyuan 夜壁蝠
Min Bei Jian'ou 比婆、蝙蝠
Min Dong Fuzhou 琵琶兜壁、蝙蝠
Min Nan Quanzhou 日婆
Xiamen 密婆日婆夜婆
Zhangzhou 密婆
Taipei 日婆夜婆密婆
Kaohsiung 夜婆仔
Tainan 夜婆
Taichung 日婆
Yilan 密婆
Lukang 夜婆
Sanxia 密婆
Kinmen 月婆、密婆夜婆
Magong 蝙蝠
Hsinchu 夜婆
Malaysia 密婆
Chaozhou 密婆
Wu Suzhou 蝙蝠子
Wenzhou 皮翼、老鼠皮翼
Xiang Changsha 簷老鼠
Shuangfeng 簷老鼠

Derived terms

  • 蝙蝠人
  • 蝙蝠俠蝙蝠侠 (Biānfúxiá)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蝙蝠):

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Alteration of kawahori.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

蝙蝠 (hiragana こうもり, katakana コウモリ, romaji kōmori, historical hiragana かうもり)

  1. bat (small flying mammal)
  2. opportunist
  3. Abbreviation of 蝙蝠傘.
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɰᵝa̠ho̞ɾi]

Noun

蝙蝠 (hiragana かわほり, romaji kawahori, historical hiragana かはほり)

  1. bat (small flying mammal)
  2. bat fan, a folded paper fan
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
へん
Hyōgaiji
ふく > ぷく
Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

蝙蝠 (hiragana へんぷく, romaji henpuku)

  1. bat (small flying mammal)

References

  1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

蝙蝠 (pyeonbok) (hangeul 편복)

  1. Hanja form? of 편복, “bat (small flying mammal)”.

Okinawan

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 蝙蝠 (kōmori).

Noun

蝙蝠 (hiragana かーぶやー, romaji kābuyā)

  1. bat (small flying mammal)