Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- zhù
English
- insects that eat books, clothes
- termite
- to bore (of insects)
- (of insects) to eat; to bore through
- (of teeth) to decay
粵語
- 俾蟲咬咗個窿
- （牙）爛
Words containing 蛀
- 蛀牙zyu3 ngaa4
tooth decay; dental caries
- 蟲蛀cung4 zyu3
damaged by moths or worms
- 蛀書蟲zyu3 syu1 cung4
a bookworm
- 蛀米大蟲zyu3 mai5 daai6 cung4
lazy person; one who is not willing to look for work (slang)
- 蛀蟲zyu3 cung4
insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc
- 蛀蝕zyu3 sik6
to corrupt
- 蛀米蟲zyu3 mai5 cung4
a person who has nothing to do but eat ; a parasite ; a sponger ; literally: big rice weevil
- 蠹蛀dou3 zyu3
to be moth-eaten