蠶繭

蠶繭

See also: 蚕茧

Chinese

		silkworm	cocoon
trad. (蠶繭)		蠶	繭
simp. (蚕茧)		蚕	茧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cánjiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caam⁴ gaan²
• Min Nan (POJ): chhâm-kián / chhân-kán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: cánjiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarnjean
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: caam⁴ gaan²
    • Yale: chàahm gáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam⁴ gaan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cam⁴ gan²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰäːm²¹ käːn³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâm-kián
    • Tâi-lô: tshâm-kián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhamkiern
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰam²³⁻³³ kiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰam²⁴⁻¹¹ kiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² kiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² kiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhân-kán
    • Tâi-lô: tshân-kán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhankarn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰan¹³⁻²² kan⁵³/

Noun

蠶繭

1. silkworm cocoon

Synonyms

• 繭子／茧子 (jiǎnzi)
• (Min Nan) 娘仔帽, 娘仔棗／娘仔枣, 蠶帽／蚕帽, 娘仔繭／娘仔茧, 娘仔豆