蠢動

Chinese

		blunt; stupid; to wiggle (of worms) blunt; stupid; to wiggle (of worms); sluggish	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (蠢動)		蠢	動
simp. (蠢动)		蠢	动

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǔndòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon² dung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǔndòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǔndòng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻun³-tung⁴
    • Yale: chwǔn-dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choendonq
    • Palladius: чуньдун (čunʹdun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceon² dung⁶
    • Yale: chéun duhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen² dung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cên² dung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn³⁵ tʊŋ²²/

Verb

蠢動

1. (of worms) to wriggle
2. (figurative, derogatory) to stir up trouble; to become restless

Synonyms

• 蠢蠢欲動／蠢蠢欲动 (chǔnchǔnyùdòng)