Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- yǐ
English
- ants
- ant
- (slang) trouble
- ant
粵語
- 螞蟻簡稱（量詞：隻／群）
Variants
Words containing 蟻
- 螞蟻maa5 ngai5
ant
- 白蟻baak6 ngai5
termite
- 蟻民ngai5 man4
common people; low class citizens
- 工蟻gung1 ngai5
worker ant
- 蟻后ngai5 hau6
queen ant
- 一身蟻jat1 san1 ngai5
(slang) to describe someone who is in serious trouble
- 飛蟻fei1 ngai5
flying termite; a kind of white insect that eats wood
- 蟻族ngai5 zuk6
"ant tribe", college graduates who endure cramped living conditions while trying to develop a career
- 惹蟻je5 ngai5
to attract ants
- 周身蟻zau1 san1 ngai5
(slang) in a lot of trouble;
- 踩死蟻caai2 sei2 ngai5
walking slowly (slang)
- 蟻竇ngai5 dau3
ant nest
- 蠶蟻caam4 ngai5
newly hatched silkworm
- 有蟻jau5 ngai5
- 蟻科ngai5 fo1
- 兵蟻bing1 ngai5
soldier ant
- 蟻酸ngai5 syun1
formic acid
- 蟻窩ngai5 wo1
ant nest
- 蟻穴ngai5 jyut6
ant nest
- 黃絲蟻wong4 si1 ngai5
yellow ants
- 蟻丘ngai5 jau1
anthill
- 食蟻獸sik6 ngai5 sau3
ant-eater (several different species)
- 蟻巢ngai5 caau4
ant nest
- 螞蟻搬家maa5 ngai5 bun1 gaa1
to move large bunch of things bit by bit; literally, ant moving home