蝴蝶

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (胡蝶, 蝴蝶):
* → Japanese: 胡(こ)蝶(ちょう) (kochō)
* → Korean: 호접(胡蝶) (hojeop)
* → Vietnamese: hồ điệp (胡蝶, 蝴蝶)

/xu³⁵ ti̯ɛ³⁵/

/xu³⁵ ti̯ɛɻ³⁵/

/wuː²¹ tiːp̚²⁻³⁵/

/xu¹¹ tiəʔ⁵⁴/

/hu⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾lieʔ⁵/

/ɔ¹³⁻²² tiap̚¹²¹/

/ɔ²⁴⁻³³ tiap̚⁵/

/ɔ²⁴⁻²² tiap̚⁴/

/ɔ²³⁻³³ tiap̚⁴/

/ɔ²⁴⁻²² tiap̚²⁴/

/ɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ tiap̚⁴/

/hɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ tiap̚⁴/

/hɔ²⁴⁻²¹ tiap̚⁴³/

/hɔ²³⁻³³ tiap̚⁴/

/ɦu²² diɪʔ⁴⁴/

/ɸu¹³ tʰi̯e̞²⁴/

/xu³⁵ ti̯ɛ³⁵/

/xu³⁵ ti̯ɛɻ³⁵/

/wuː²¹ tiːp̚²⁻³⁵/

/xu¹¹ tiəʔ⁵⁴/

/hu⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾lieʔ⁵/

/ɔ¹³⁻²² tiap̚¹²¹/

/ɔ²⁴⁻³³ tiap̚⁵/

/ɔ²⁴⁻²² tiap̚⁴/

/ɔ²³⁻³³ tiap̚⁴/

/ɔ²⁴⁻²² tiap̚²⁴/

/ɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ tiap̚⁴/

/hɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ tiap̚⁴/

/hɔ²⁴⁻²¹ tiap̚⁴³/

/hɔ²³⁻³³ tiap̚⁴/

/ɦu²² diɪʔ⁴⁴/

/ɸu¹³ tʰi̯e̞²⁴/

From Middle Chinese *ɦuo dep (first syllable unstressed), from Old Chinese *ɡaː l'eːb, derived from a proto-form of *kʰleːp ~ *ɦleːp, a prefixed form of the root *lep (“butterfly”), which was also the source of.
* Tibetan ཕྱེ་མ་ལེབ (phye ma leb, “butterfly”) and
* Burmese လိပ်ပြာ (lippra, “butterfly”).
Variants of 胡蝶 / 蝴蝶, representing different developments from the proto-form, including disyllabification, fricativisation of the voiceless initial, etc.:
: 蝶 (OC *l'eːb), 蜨 (OC *seːb), 胡蜨 / 蝴蜨 (OC *ɡaː seːb), 蛺蝶 (OC *keːb l'eːb), 蛺蜨 (OC *keːb seːb).
There are different theories regarding the original meaning of the root *lep:
* Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ljap (“thin; flat; flat object”), represented by the phonetic element 枼 (OC *leb) in Chinese. Related to 葉 (OC *hljeb, *leb, “leaf”), 牒 (OC *l'eːb, “official document < plank”), Tibetan ལེབ་ལེབ (leb leb, “flat; level”), ལེབ་མོ (leb mo, “flat”) and Burmese လှပ် (hlap, “thin”). See 枼 for more.
* Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ljap (“lightning; flash; glitter”) (Matisoff, 2003), whence also 燁 (OC *ɢʷab, *ɢʷɯb, “gleaming”), 熠 (OC *ɢrub, *lub, “flashing”) and Burmese လျှပ် (hlyap, “(of light) to strike; to shine; lightning”). Compare Malay kerlap (“to flash; to glisten, as the wings of flying butterflies”), and Tagalog kislap ("to sparkle").
Alternatively, Sun (1999) proposes that 蝴蝶 is a fission reduplication of two cognate bases, the former being more likely:
* 挾 (OC *ɡeːb, “to press from both sides; to carry something under one's arms”), alluding to the flapping motion of the butterfly's wings, or
* 夾 (OC *kreːb, “pincers”), from the way the butterfly holds its wings erect when not flying.
Compare Proto-Austronesian *kali-, *qali- (prefix for words with a sensitive reference to the spirit world, including “butterfly”).

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Formerly, I, Zhuang Zhou, dreamt that I was a butterfly, a butterfly flying about, feeling that it was enjoying itself.

Xī zhě Zhuāng Zhōu mèng wéi húdié, xǔxǔrán húdié yě, zìyù shìzhì yú!

昔者莊周夢為胡蝶，栩栩然胡蝶也，自喻適志與！

昔者庄周梦为胡蝶，栩栩然胡蝶也，自喻适志与！


鳳蝶

/fɤŋ⁵¹ ti̯ɛ³⁵/

/fɤŋ⁵¹ ti̯ɛ³⁵/


揚蝶仔

/i̯oŋ¹¹ i̯ak̚⁵ e³¹/

/iɔŋ¹¹ iap̚⁵ pe³¹/

/i̯oŋ¹¹ i̯ak̚⁵ e³¹/

/iɔŋ¹¹ iap̚⁵ pe³¹/


崩砂

/pɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/

/pɐŋ⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵/

/pɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/

/pɐŋ⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵/

cog

Thai ผีเสื้อ (pǐi-sʉ̂ʉa)

崩沙
崩紗
磞砂
蹦砂
繃紗
𲀃䖢
𧌇䖢

(chiefly Cantonese) butterfly-shaped cookie (Classifier: 塊／块 c)


揚蝶

The butterflies are flying, flying freely

蝴蝶自由飛呀飛

蝴蝶自由飞呀飞

2018, 林生祥 (Lin Sheng-xiang, lyricist), 揚蝶仔 飛歸來

揚蝶遽遽飛歸來

扬蝶遽遽飞归来


蝴蝶子

/xu²⁴ tʰiə⁵¹ t͡sz̩²⁴/

/ɸu¹³ tʰi̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/xu²⁴ tʰiə⁵¹ t͡sz̩²⁴/

/ɸu¹³ tʰi̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/


粉蝶

/fən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti̯ɛ³⁵/

/fən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti̯ɛ³⁵/


破碗

/pʰua²¹⁻⁵⁵ ua³¹/

/pʰua²¹⁻⁵⁵ ua³¹/


灰蝶

/xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ti̯ɛ³⁵/

/xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ti̯ɛ³⁵/

/xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

gossamer-winged butterfly
gossamer-winged butterfly


紫灰蝶

/t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ti̯ɛ³⁵/

/t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ti̯ɛ³⁵/


珂粉蝶

/kʰɤ⁵⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti̯ɛ³⁵/

/kʰɤ⁵⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti̯ɛ³⁵/


鳳蛾

/fən⁵¹ kɤ³⁵/

/fən⁵¹ kɤ³⁵/


絲蛺蝶

/sz̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä³⁵ ti̯ɛ³⁵/

/sz̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä³⁵ ti̯ɛ³⁵/


秀灰蝶

ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄟ ㄉㄧㄝˊ

/ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ti̯ɛ³⁵/

/ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ti̯ɛ³⁵/


賽灰蝶

ㄙㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄟ ㄉㄧㄝˊ

/saɪ̯⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ti̯ɛ³⁵/

/saɪ̯⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ti̯ɛ³⁵/


端粉蝶

ㄉㄨㄢ ㄈㄣˇ ㄉㄧㄝˊ

/tu̯än⁵⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti̯ɛ³⁵/

/tu̯än⁵⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti̯ɛ³⁵/


娜粉蝶

ㄋㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄣˇ ㄉㄧㄝˊ

/nu̯ɔ³⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti̯ɛ³⁵/

/nu̯ɔ³⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti̯ɛ³⁵/


雲粉蝶

ㄩㄣˊ ㄈㄣˇ ㄉㄧㄝˊ

/yn³⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti̯ɛ³⁵/

/yn³⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti̯ɛ³⁵/


斑蝶

/pän⁵⁵ ti̯ɛ³⁵/

/pän⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pän⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pän⁵⁵ ti̯ɛ³⁵/

/pän⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pän⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Certain butterflies of (sensu lato) the subfamily Danainae or (sensu stricto) the genus Danaus.


漪蛺蝶

/i⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä³⁵ ti̯ɛ³⁵/

/i⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä³⁵ ti̯ɛ³⁵/


哈老婆婆

/xä⁴⁴⁵ lɑʊ̯³³ b̥o¹¹ b̥o¹¹/

/xä⁴⁴⁵ lɑʊ̯³³ b̥o¹¹ b̥o¹¹/