蟾蜍

chánchú
toad

CEDICT

  1. (literary) moon
  2. Jin Chan; Chinese Money Toad
  3. moon
  4. toad (Classifier: 隻／只)

Wiktionary

  1. 動物名。兩棲綱無尾目蟾蜍科。體型肥大，性遲緩，不能鳴，常棲於陰溼之地。皮膚有疣，可分泌毒液。
  2. 語出《淮南子．精神》：「日中有踆烏，而月中有蟾蜍。」後用為月亮的代稱。

重編國語辭典

  1. 一種兩棲動物，屬無尾目，形似蛙，體表有許多疙瘩，內有毒腺。
  2. 月亮
  3. 金蟾

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 蟾 chán
  1. toad ("chán" represents the sound of its croaking)
  2. (mythology) the three-legged toad said to exist in the moon
  3. (metonym) the moon
2 蜍 chú
  1. Bufo vulgaris
  2. toad

Containing this entry

海蟾蜍 hǎichánchú
美洲巨蟾蜍 Měizhōujùchánchú
甘蔗蟾蜍 gānzhèchánchú
黑眶蟾蜍 hēikuàngchánchú

Related entries

癩蛤蟆 làiháma toad
蟆 má toad
蟾 chán
  1. toad ("chán" represents the sound of its croaking)
  2. (mythology) the three-legged toad said to exist in the moon
  3. (metonym) the moon
黽 měng toad
蜍 chú
  1. Bufo vulgaris
  2. toad