知了

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知了

zhīliǎo Mandarin, Pinyin
ㄓㄌㄧㄠˇ Mandarin, Bopomofo
zi¹ liu⁵ Cantonese, Jyutping
¹tsy-liau₆ Wu, Northern, Wugniu
zhīliǎo Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
ㄓㄌㄧㄠˇ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
jhihliǎo Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
chih¹-liao³ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
jr̄-lyǎu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
jyleau Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
чжиляо Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
zi¹ liu⁵ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
jī líuh Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
dzi¹ liu⁵ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
ji¹ liu⁵ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
/t͡siː⁵⁵ liːu̯¹³/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
¹tsy-liau₆ Wu, Northern, Shanghai
tsy^平 liau^去 Wu, Northern, Shanghai
¹tsr-liau₃ Wu, Northern, Shanghai
/t͡sz̩⁵⁵ liɔ²¹/ Wu, Northern, Shanghai
/t͡sz̩⁴⁴ liæ/ Wu, Northern, Shanghai

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可能是“蜩”的雙音節化；或是擬聲詞。

noun 蜘蟟

colloquial 蟬蜩，蟬之大而黑色者，蜣螂脫殼而成，雄者能鳴，雌者無聲，今俗稱知了是也。

Thesaurus

noun

In English

cicada any of several insects of the order Hemiptera

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"知了." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%9F%A5%E4%BA%86. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

知了. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%9F%A5%E4%BA%86

Chicago

"知了." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%9F%A5%E4%BA%86.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {知了},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%9F%A5%E4%BA%86},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}