蜂

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→ Proto-Southwestern Tai: *pʰɤŋꟲ (“bee; beeswax”)

Ahom: 𑜇𑜢𑜤𑜂𑜫 (phüṅ)

Lao: ເຜິ້ງ (phœng, “bee”)

Lü: ᦕᦹᧂᧉ (ṗhueng²)

Shan: ၽိုင်ႈ (phūeng, “bee”)

Thai: ผึ้ง (pʉ̂ng, “bee”)

Simplified from 蠭. Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *boːŋ, *pʰoŋ): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 夆 (OC *pʰoŋ, *boŋ, *ɡaːds) – a kind of insect.
Cognate with Tibetan བུང་བ (bung ba, “bee”) (Schuessler, 2007). STEDT lists 蜂 as a Chinese comparandum under its Proto-Sino-Tibetan root *pljum (“bee, wasp”).
May be ultimately of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔu(ə)ŋ ~ hu(ə)ŋ (“bee, wasp, hornet”), whence Vietnamese ong (“bee”).

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蜜蜂

黃蜂／黄蜂

The sages learned from the bees to have monarchs and subjects, and they learned from the spiders to have nets of justice. They learned from the ground squirrels to establish politeness, and they learned from the warring ants to deploy armies. The masses learn from the worthies, the worthies learn from the sages, and the sages learn from the myriad things.

Shèngrén shī fēng, lì jūnchén; shī zhīzhū, lì wǎnggǔ; shī gǒngshǔ, zhì lǐ; shī zhàn yǐ, zhì bīng. Zhòngrén shī xiánrén, xiánrén shī shèngrén, shèngrén shī wànwù.

聖人師蜂，立君臣；師蜘蛛，立網罟；師拱鼠，制禮；師戰蟻，置兵。眾人師賢人，賢人師聖人，聖人師萬物。

圣人师蜂，立君臣；师蜘蛛，立网罟；师拱鼠，制礼；师战蚁，置兵。众人师贤人，贤人师圣人，圣人师万物。

Apoidea or Vespa (wasps, bees and hornets)

蜂蜜

In the survival capsule, [you] learn to plant flowers, the honey will meet the bee

tou⁴ sang¹ cong¹, noi⁶ leoi⁵ hok⁶ zung³ faa¹, mat⁶ wui⁵ jyu⁶ soeng⁵ fung¹

逃生艙 內裡學種花 蜜會遇上蜂

逃生舱 内里学种花 蜜会遇上蜂


蜜蜂

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (蜜蜂):
* → Korean: 밀봉(蜜蜂) (milbong)
* → Vietnamese: mật ong (蜜蜂)

/mi⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵/

/mi⁵¹ fɤ̃ɻ⁵⁵/

/mɐt̚² fʊŋ⁵⁵/

/miəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ fəŋ¹¹/

/miʔ⁵⁻⁵⁵ pʰuŋ⁵⁵/

/bit̚²⁴⁻² pʰaŋ³³/

/bit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ pʰaŋ⁴⁴/

/bit̚⁴⁻³² pʰaŋ⁴⁴/

/bit̚⁴⁻³ pʰaŋ³³/

/bik̚⁴⁻² pʰaŋ³³/

/bek̚⁴⁻² pʰaŋ³³/

/miɪʔ¹¹ foŋ²³/

/mi⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵/

/mi⁵¹ fɤ̃ɻ⁵⁵/

/mɐt̚² fʊŋ⁵⁵/

/miəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ fəŋ¹¹/

/miʔ⁵⁻⁵⁵ pʰuŋ⁵⁵/

/bit̚²⁴⁻² pʰaŋ³³/

/bit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ pʰaŋ⁴⁴/

/bit̚⁴⁻³² pʰaŋ⁴⁴/

/bit̚⁴⁻³ pʰaŋ³³/

/bik̚⁴⁻² pʰaŋ³³/

/bek̚⁴⁻² pʰaŋ³³/

/miɪʔ¹¹ foŋ²³/

bee; honeybee (Classifier: 隻／只 m c; 群 m)

蜜蜂章

The Bee, the sixteenth sura of the Qur'an


白子

/paɪ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/paɪ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡si⁵⁵⁴/

/pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zi⁵³/

/baʔ¹¹ t͡sz̩²³/

/paɪ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/paɪ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡si⁵⁵⁴/

/pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zi⁵³/

/baʔ¹¹ t͡sz̩²³/

(Zhangzhou Hokkien) white keys (of a piano)


雄蜂

/ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/

/hʊŋ²¹ fʊŋ⁵⁵/

/ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/

/hʊŋ²¹ fʊŋ⁵⁵/


熊蜂

/ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/

/hʊŋ²¹ fʊŋ⁵⁵/

/ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/

/hʊŋ²¹ fʊŋ⁵⁵/


工蜂

/kʊŋ⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/

/kʊŋ⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/

/koŋ⁵⁵ foŋ²¹/

/kʊŋ⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/

/kʊŋ⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/

/koŋ⁵⁵ foŋ²¹/


烏叮蜂

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ pʰaŋ⁴⁴/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ pʰaŋ⁴⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) black male bee; black drone


蜂仔

/pʰuŋ²⁴ e³¹/

/pʰuŋ²⁴ e³¹/

/fʊŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ŋe³¹/

/pʰuŋ²⁴ e³¹/

/pʰuŋ²⁴ e³¹/

/fʊŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ŋe³¹/

(Hakka, Shehua, Chong'an Northern Min) bee; honeybee


糖蜂仔

/tʰoŋ¹¹ pʰuŋ²⁴ e³¹/

/tʰoŋ¹¹ fuŋ²⁴ e³¹/

/tʰoŋ⁵⁵ pʰuŋ⁵³ ə⁵⁵/

/tʰɔŋ¹¹ fʊŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ŋe³¹/

/tʰoŋ¹¹ pʰuŋ²⁴ e³¹/

/tʰoŋ¹¹ fuŋ²⁴ e³¹/

/tʰoŋ⁵⁵ pʰuŋ⁵³ ə⁵⁵/

/tʰɔŋ¹¹ fʊŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ŋe³¹/


蜜蜂子

/mi²⁴ fəŋ²⁴ t͡sz̩²⁴/

/mi²⁴ xʊŋ³³ t͡sz̩³/

/mi²⁴ fəŋ²⁴ t͡sz̩²⁴/

/mi²⁴ xʊŋ³³ t͡sz̩³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Xiang) bee; honeybee


糖蜂

/tʰɔŋ³³ pʰɔŋ⁵⁴/

/tʰɔ²² pʰaŋ³⁵/

/tʰɔŋ³³ pʰɔŋ⁵⁴/

/tʰɔ²² pʰaŋ³⁵/

(Hakka, Northern Min, Datian Min, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, Central Min, Hepu Cantonese) bee; honeybee


蜂子

/fɤŋ⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/

/foŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵³⁻²¹/

/fʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

/fɤŋ⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/

/foŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵³⁻²¹/

/fʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

(literary or dialectal) bee (especially a honeybee)


壁蜂

/pi⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵/

/pi⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵/