屎殼郎

Chinese

		stool; faeces	phonetic	phonetic
trad. (屎殼郎)		屎	殼	郎
simp. (屎壳郎)		屎	壳	郎
alternative forms		屎殼螂／屎壳螂 屎蚵蜋 屎蚵螂 屎克螂 屎哥螂 屎殼螂／屎壳螂 屎蚵蜋 屎蚵螂 屎克螂 屎哥螂 屎各郎

Etymology

From 屎 (shǐ, “faeces”); the latter two syllables are likely from a dialectal unstressed name for the insect, eventually cognate with 蜣螂 (qiāngláng) (*/k.laŋ/, "dung beetle").

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǐkelàng, shǐkeláng, shǐkelāng, shǐgelàng, shǐgelāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ˙ㄎㄜ ㄌㄤˋ, ㄕˇ ˙ㄎㄜ ㄌㄤˊ, ㄕˇ ˙ㄎㄜ ㄌㄤ, ㄕˇ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄌㄤˋ, ㄕˇ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄌㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si² hok³ long⁴
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): shr³ ko⁶ lan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, Beijing dialect)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǐkelàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ˙ㄎㄜ ㄌㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhke̊làng
    • Wade–Giles: shih³-kʻo⁵-lang⁴
    • Yale: shř-ke-làng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyy.kelanq
    • Palladius: шикэлан (šikɛlan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴ kʰə⁴ lɑŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǐkeláng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ˙ㄎㄜ ㄌㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhke̊láng
    • Wade–Giles: shih³-kʻo⁵-lang²
    • Yale: shř-ke-láng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyy.kelang
    • Palladius: шикэлан (šikɛlan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴ kʰə⁴ lɑŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Beijing dialect)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǐkelāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ˙ㄎㄜ ㄌㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhke̊lang
    • Wade–Giles: shih³-kʻo⁵-lang¹
    • Yale: shř-ke-lāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyy.kelhang
    • Palladius: шикэлан (šikɛlan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴ kʰə⁴ lɑŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Beijing dialect)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǐgelàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄌㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhge̊làng
    • Wade–Giles: shih³-ko⁵-lang⁴
    • Yale: shř-ge-làng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyy.gelanq
    • Palladius: шигэлан (šigɛlan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴ g̊ə⁴ lɑŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Beijing dialect)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǐgelāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄌㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhge̊lang
    • Wade–Giles: shih³-ko⁵-lang¹
    • Yale: shř-ge-lāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyy.gelhang
    • Palladius: шигэлан (šigɛlan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴ g̊ə⁴ lɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si² hok³ long⁴
    • Yale: sí hok lòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si² hok⁸ long⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi² hog³ long⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³⁵ hɔːk̚³ lɔːŋ²¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: shr³ ko⁶ lan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʂʐ̩⁴¹ kʰo²⁴ l̃an¹³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /sz̩⁴¹ kʰo²⁴ l̃an¹³/

Noun

屎殼郎

1. dung beetle

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蜣螂 (“dung beetle”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蜣螂, 虼螂
Taxonomic name		蜣螂
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	屎殼郎
	Taiwan	蜣螂, 糞金龜
	Harbin	屎殼郎
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	屎殼郎
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	屎其亮
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	屎殼郎
	Wanrong	屎瓣蝸牛, 婆娘蝸牛
	Xi'an	屎巴牛
	Xining	屎巴牛
	Xuzhou	屎殼郎
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	屎爬牛
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	屎爬牛
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	牛糞巴郎, 屎巴郎, 屎殼郎
	Lanzhou	屎爬牛, 屎殼郎
	Ürümqi	屎爬牛
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	推屎爬兒, 推屎爬
	Wuhan	推屎蟲
	Guiyang	拱屎蟲, 屎殼郎
	Liuzhou	拱屎蟲
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	屎殼郎
	Yangzhou	屎殼郎子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	牛屎龜, 推屎蟲
	Dongguan	屎問蟲
Gan	Lichuan	憑屎牛
	Pingxiang	拱屎蟲, 屎殼郎
Hakka	Meixian	豬屎糞公, 牛屎蟲
	Yudu	牛屎蟲
	Shicheng	噴屎公
	Shangyou (Shexi)	牛屎蟲
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	逩屎蛄
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	逩屎公
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	逩屎蛄
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	豬屎逩蛄
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	逩屎蛄
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	牛屎蛄
Jin	Taiyuan	屎巴牛
	Xinzhou	屎巴牛
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	牛屎龜
Southern Min	Xiamen	牛屎龜
	Quanzhou	牛屎龜, 屎龜
	Zhangzhou	牛屎龜
	Chaozhou	牛屎核
	Shantou	牛屎龜
	Wenchang	牛屎烏
	Haikou	牛屎烏
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	金和尚, 鑽惡蟲
	Suzhou	屎殼郎, 推屎殼郎
	Danyang	屎殼郎, 拱屎蟲子
Xiang	Changsha	笨屎甲, 屎殼郎, 糞屎甲, 硬殼蟲, 滾屎蟲