蝨子

See also: 虱子

Chinese

		louse	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (蝨子/虱子)		蝨/虱	子
simp. (虱子)		虱	子

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shīzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ˙ㄗ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): se² zi³

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): сыйзы (sɨyzɨ, I-I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sat¹ zi²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): set² du²

• Jin (Wiktionary): sah⁴ zeh
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷seq-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shīzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: shr̄-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy.tzy
    • Palladius: шицзы (šiczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: se² zi³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: se z
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛ²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: сыйзы (sɨyzɨ, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei²⁴ t͡sz̩²⁴/

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

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sat¹ zi²
    • Yale: sāt jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: set² du²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /set̚⁵⁵ tu⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: sah⁴ zeh
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /saʔ² t͡səʔ³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷seq-tsy
    • MiniDict: seh^入 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴seq-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /səʔ³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

蝨子

1. louse (Classifier: 隻／只 m)
2. tick (Classifier: 隻／只 m)

Synonyms

• (louse):

Dialectal synonyms of 蝨子 (“louse”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蝨
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蝨子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	蝨子
	Taiwan	蝨子
	Harbin	蝨子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	蝨子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	蝨子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蝨
	Wanrong	蝨
	Xi'an	蝨
	Xining	蝨子
	Yanqi	蝨子
	Xuzhou	蝨子
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	蝨子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	蝨子
	Wuhan	蝨子
	Guiyang	蝨子
	Liuzhou	蝨子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蝨子
	Yangzhou	蝨子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蝨乸
	Hong Kong	蝨, 蝨乸
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	蝨乸
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	蝨乸
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	蝨乸
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	蝨乸
	Macau	蝨
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	蝨乸
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	蝨乸
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	蝨乸
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	蝨乸
	Foshan	蝨乸
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	蝨乸
	Foshan (Shunde)	蝨乸
	Foshan (Sanshui)	蝨乸
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	蝨
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	蝨乸
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	蝨
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	蝨乸
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	蝨乸
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	蝨乸
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	蝨乸
	Taishan	蝨乸
	Kaiping (Chikan)	蝨乸
	Enping (Niujiang)	蝨乸
	Heshan (Yayao)	蝨乸
	Dongguan	蝨乸
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	蝨乸
	Qingyuan	蝨乸
	Fogang	狗蝨, 蝨乸
	Yingde (Hanguang)	蝨乸
	Yangshan	蝨乸
	Lianshan (Butian)	白蝨
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	狗蝨
	Shaoguan	蝨乸
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	蝨乸
	Renhua	蝨乸
	Lechang	蝨乸
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	蝨乸
	Sihui	蝨乸
	Guangning	蝨乸
	Deqing	蝨乸
	Huaiji	蝨乸
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	蝨, 蝨乸
	Yunfu	蝨乸
	Xinxing	蝨乸
	Luoding	蝨乸
	Yunan (Pingtai)	蝨乸
	Yangjiang	蝨乸
	Xinyi	蝨乸
	Lianjiang	蝨乸
	Nanning	蝨乸, 蝨
	Wuzhou	蝨乸
	Yulin	蝨
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	母蝨
	Guiping	蝨
	Mengshan (Xihe)	蝨
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	蝨
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	蝨
	Baise	蝨
	Bobai	蝨
	Lingshan	蝨
	Pubei	蝨
	Qinzhou	蝨
Beihai	蝨
Ningming	蝨
Hengzhou	蝨
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	蝨
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	蝨乸
Gan	Nanchang	蝨, 富貴蟲 humorous
	Lichuan	蝨
	Pingxiang	蝨婆
Hakka	Meixian	蝨嫲
	Xingning	蝨嫲
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	蝨乸
	Huiyang	蝨嫲
	Huidong (Daling)	蝨嫲
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	蝨嫲
	Boluo (Bendihua)	蝨乸
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	蝨乸
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	蝨
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	蝨嫲
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	蝨嫲, 蝨乸
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	蝨嫲
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	蝨嫲
	Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)	蝨嫲
	Wengyuan	蝨嫲
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	蝨嫲
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	蝨嫲
	Liannan	蝨嫲
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	蝨嫲
	Jiexi	蝨嫲
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	蝨嫲
	Changting	蝨嫲
	Wuping	蝨嫲
	Wuping (Yanqian)	蝨嫲
	Wuping (Pingyu)	蝨嫲
	Liancheng	蝨嫲
	Ninghua	蝨嫲
	Yudu	蝨嫲
	Ningdu	蝨婆
	Ruijin	蝨婆
	Shicheng	蝨嫲, 蝨婆
	Shangyou (Shexi)	蝨婆
	Tonggu (Sandu)	蝨嫲
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	蝨婆
	Dayu	蝨婆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蝨嫲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蝨嫲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蝨嫲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蝨嫲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蝨嫲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蝨嫲
	Hong Kong	蝨嫲
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	蝨嫲
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	蝨嫲
	Xinyi (Sihe)	蝨嫲
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	蝨嫲
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	蝨嫲
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	蝨嫲
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	蝨嫲
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	蝨嫲
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	蝨嫲
	Luchuan	蝨
	Senai (Huiyang)	蝨嫲
	Singkawang	蝨
Huizhou	Jixi	蝨
Jin	Taiyuan	蝨子
	Xinzhou	蝨子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蝨嫲
	Songxi	蝨嫲
	Zhenghe	蝨嫲
	Jianyang	蝨嫲
	Wuyishan	蝨嫲
	Pucheng (Shibei)	蝨嫲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蝨母
	Fuzhou (Changle)	蝨母
	Fuqing	蝨母
	Yongtai	蝨母
	Gutian	蝨母
	Fu'an	蝨母
	Ningde	蝨母
	Shouning	蝨母
	Zhouning	蝨母
	Fuding	蝨母
Southern Min	Xiamen	蝨母
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	蝨母
	Quanzhou	蝨母
	Jinjiang	蝨母
	Yongchun	蝨母
	Zhangzhou	蝨母
	Taipei	蝨母
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	蝨母
	Kaohsiung	蝨母
	Yilan	蝨母
	Changhua (Lukang)	蝨母, 蝨
	Taichung	蝨母
	Taichung (Wuqi)	蝨母
	Tainan	蝨母
	Taitung	蝨母
	Hsinchu	蝨母
	Kinmen	蝨母
	Penghu (Magong)	蝨母
	Manila (Hokkien)	蝨母
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	蝨
	Chaozhou	蝨母
	Shantou	蝨母
	Shantou (Chenghai)	蝨母
	Jieyang	蝨, 蝨母
	Bangkok (Teochew)	蝨
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	蝨
	Leizhou	蝨母
	Haikou	蝨母 big, 蝨囝 small
Puxian Min	Putian	蝨母
	Xianyou	蝨母
Central Min	Yong'an	蝨嫲
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	蝨
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蝨
Shehua	Fu'an	蝨娘
	Fuding	蝨娘
	Luoyuan	蝨娘
	Sanming	蝨娘
	Shunchang	頭娘
	Hua'an	蝨娘
	Guixi (Zhangping)	蝨
	Cangnan	蝨娘
	Jingning (Hexi)	蝨仔
	Lishui	蝨娘
	Longyou	蝨
	Chaozhou	蝨仔
	Fengshun	蝨娘
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	蝨
Wu	Shanghai	蝨子, 白蝨, 老白蝨
	Suzhou	白蝨, 老白蝨
	Danyang	蝨子
	Hangzhou	蝨子
	Ningbo	蝨, 老白蝨
	Wenzhou	蝨
	Jinhua	蝨
Xiang	Changsha	蝨婆, 蝨婆子
	Loudi	蝨婆, 蝨婆子
	Shuangfeng	蝨婆子
	Hengyang	蝨婆

• (tick): 壁蝨／壁虱 (bìshī), 蜱 (pí)

Related terms

• 狗蝨／狗虱 (gǒushī)
• 雞蝨／鸡虱 (jīshī)

Etymology 2

Noun

蝨子

1. (Pingxiang Gan, Huizhou, Wenzhounese) egg of a louse; nit

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蟣子 (“nit; egg of a louse”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蟣
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蟣子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	蟣子
	Chengde	蟣子
	Chifeng	蟣子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	蟣子
	Heihe	蟣子
	Qiqihar	蟣子
	Harbin	蟣子
	Jiamusi	蟣子
	Baicheng	蟣子
	Changchun	蟣子
	Tonghua	蟣子
	Shenyang	蟣子
	Jinzhou	蟣子
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	蟣子
	Tangshan	蟣子
	Cangzhou	蟣子
	Baoding	蟣子
	Shijiazhuang	蟣子
	Lijin	蟣子
	Jinan	蟣子, 蝨子子兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	蟣子
	Dandong	蟣子
	Yantai	蟣子
	Yantai (Muping)	蟣子
	Qingdao	蟣子
	Zhucheng	蟣子
Central Plains Mandarin	Lingbao	蟣子
	Jining	蟣
	Wanrong	蟣
	Linfen	蟣子
	Shangqiu	蟣子
	Yuanyang	蟣子
	Zhengzhou	蟣子
	Xinyang	蟣子
	Baihe	蟣子
	Xi'an	蟣子
	Baoji	蟣子
	Tianshui	蟣子
	Xining	蟣子
	Xuzhou	蟣子, 蟣
	Fuyang	蝨蟣
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	蟣子
	Lanzhou	蟣子
	Dunhuang	蟣子
	Hami	蟣子
	Ürümqi	蟣子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	蟣子, 蝨蛋
	Nanchong	蟣子
	Dazhou	蟣子
	Hanyuan	蟣子
	Xichang	蝨蛋
	Zigong	風蝨
	Chongqing	蟣蛋兒
	Wuhan	蟣子
	Yichang	蟣子
	Xiangyang	蟣子
	Tianmen	蟣子
	Guiyang	蟣子, 蟣子蛋, 蝨子蛋, 蝨蛋
	Zunyi	蟣子
	Bijie	蟣子
	Liping	蟣子
	Zhaotong	蟣子
	Dali	蟣子
	Kunming	蟣子
	Mengzi	蟣子
	Guilin	蟣子
	Liuzhou	蟣子, 蝨子蛋, 蝨蛋
	Jishou	蟣子
	Changde	蟣子
	Hanzhong	蟣子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蝨蟣子, 蝨蟣
	Yangzhou	蝨蟣
	Lianyungang	蟣子
	Lianshui	蟣蚤
	Nantong	蟣子
	Anqing	蝨蟣子
	Wuhu	蟣子
	Hefei	蝨蟣子
	Hong'an	蝨蟣子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蝨乸春
	Dongguan	蝨乸春
Gan	Nanchang	蝨蟣子
	Lichuan	蝨蛋
	Pingxiang	蝨子
Hakka	Meixian	蝨嫲卵, 蝨嫲春
Huizhou	Jixi	蝨子
	Shexian	蝨蟣
Jin	Taiyuan	蟣子
	Yangyuan	蟣子
	Datong	蟣子
	Xinzhou	蟣子
	Lüliang (Lishi)	蟣子
	Changzhi	蟣子
	Linhe	蟣子
	Jining	蟣子
	Hohhot	蟣子
	Erenhot	蟣子
	Pingshan	蟣子
	Zhangjiakou	蟣子
	Handan	蟣子
	Linzhou	蟣哦
	Suide	蟣子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蝨嫲卵
Southern Min	Xiamen	蝨母卵
	Shantou	蝨卵
	Jieyang	蝨卵
	Leizhou	蝨卵
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蝨蛋
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	蟣蝨子
	Ningbo	蟣子
	Wenzhou	蝨子
Xiang	Changsha	蝨子蛋
	Hengyang	蟣