蠕動

Chinese

		to squirm; to wiggle; to wriggle	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (蠕動)		蠕	動
simp. (蠕动)		蠕	动

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rúdòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ dung⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lû-tǒng / lû-tōng / jî-tōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rúdòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rúdòng
    • Wade–Giles: ju²-tung⁴
    • Yale: rú-dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rudonq
    • Palladius: жудун (žudun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ dung⁶
    • Yale: yùh duhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ dung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ dung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ tʊŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lû-tǒng
    • Tâi-lô: lû-tǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lu²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lû-tōng
    • Tâi-lô: lû-tōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lu'dong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lu²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-tōng
    • Tâi-lô: jî-tōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ji'dong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi¹³⁻²² tɔŋ²²/

Verb

蠕動

1. to wriggle; to squirm

Noun

蠕動

1. (physiology) peristalsis
2. (geology) creep