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Jyutping syu1 cung4
Pinyin shū chóng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. bookworm
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    昆蟲名​;​即​係​衣魚​;​體形​細小​,​身體​呈​銀​白色​,​有三條​尾​。​會​蛀蝕​衣物​、​書籍​。
    pests that infest books, eg. silverfish; booklice, etc.
  2. 名詞
    沉迷​睇​書​嘅​人​嘅​戲​稱​(​量​詞​:​條​)
    bookworm; somebody who is obsessed with (reading) books
    • 我個仔係書蟲嚟㗎,最鍾意就係睇書嘞。
      我个仔系书虫嚟㗎,最钟意就系睇书嘞。
      ngo5 go3 zai2 hai6 syu1 cung4 lai4 gaa3, zeoi3 zung1 ji3 zau6 hai6 tai2 syu1 laak3.
      My son is a bookworm, reading is his favorite activity.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, figuratively
    bookworm
  2. noun
    silverfish
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    你是个书虫。
    你是個書蟲。
    nǐ shì gè shū chóng 。
    • You're a bookworm.
  2. Mandarin
    我的表兄弟太过沉浸于学业,以致于他的朋友们唤他作书虫。
    我的表兄弟太過沉浸於學業,以致於他的朋友們喚他作書蟲。
    wǒ de biǎo xiōng dì tài guò chén jìn yú xué yè , yǐ zhì yú tā de péng you men huàn tā zuò shū chóng 。
    • My cousin is so steeped in schoolwork that his friends call him bookworm.
  3. Mandarin
    她就是所谓的书虫。
    她就是所謂的書蟲。
    tā jiù shì suǒ wèi de shū chóng 。
    • She is what we call a bookworm.
    • She is a so-called bookworm.
  4. Mandarin
    汤姆是只书虫。
    湯姆是隻書蟲。
    tāng mǔ shì zhǐ shū chóng 。
    • Tom is a bookworm.
    • Tom is a book lover.
  5. Mandarin
    我们叫她一个书虫。
    我們叫她一個書蟲。
    wǒ men jiào tā yí gè shū chóng 。
    • She is what we call a bookworm.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    我个仔系书虫嚟㗎,最钟意就系睇书嘞。
    我個仔係書蟲嚟㗎,最鍾意就係睇書嘞。
    ngo5 go3 zai2 hai6 syu1 cung4 lai4 gaa3, zeoi3 zung1 ji3 zau6 hai6 tai2 syu1 laak3.
    • My son is a bookworm, reading is his favorite activity.
  2. Cantonese
    佢十足十系个书虫。
    佢十足十係個書蟲。
    keoi5 sap6 zuk1 sap6 hai6 go3 syu1 cung4.
    • He is absolutely a bookworm.