血吸蟲

See also: 血吸虫

Chinese

		blood	trematode
trad. (血吸蟲)		血	吸蟲
simp. (血吸虫)		血	吸虫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuèxīchóng, xuěxīchóng, xiěxīchóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧ ㄔㄨㄥˊ, ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄒㄧ ㄔㄨㄥˊ, ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧ ㄔㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyut³ kap¹ cung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuèxīchóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuèsichóng
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴-hsi¹-chʻung²
    • Yale: sywè-syī-chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehshichorng
    • Palladius: сюэсичун (sjuesičun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuěxīchóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄒㄧ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuěsichóng
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh³-hsi¹-chʻung²
    • Yale: sywě-syī-chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheueshichorng
    • Palladius: сюэсичун (sjuesičun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiěxīchóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siěsichóng
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh³-hsi¹-chʻung²
    • Yale: syě-syī-chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieeshichorng
    • Palladius: сесичун (sesičun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hyut³ kap¹ cung⁴
    • Yale: hyut kāp chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyt⁸ kap⁷ tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hüd³ keb¹ cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːt̚³ kʰɐp̚⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

Noun

血吸蟲

1. (parasitology) schistosome; blood fluke (Schistosoma)

Usage notes

To those unfamiliar, this term may strike them as a blatant misnomer: 血 (xuè, “blood”) + 吸 (xī, “sucks”) + 蟲／虫 (chóng, “the bug”).

Synonyms

• (Wu) 吸血蟲／吸血虫

Derived terms

• 日本血吸蟲／日本血吸虫 (Rìběn xuèxīchóng)
• 血吸蟲病／血吸虫病 (xuèxīchóngbìng)