蠶沙
Chinese
Etymology 1
| silkworm | granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (蠶沙) | 蠶 | 沙 | |
| simp. (蚕沙) | 蚕 | 沙 | |
| anagram | 沙蠶／沙蚕 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): caam4 saa1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhâm-soa
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6zoe-so
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: cánshā
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ ㄕㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cánsha
- Wade–Giles: tsʻan2-sha1
- Yale: tsán-shā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarnsha
- Palladius: цаньша (canʹša)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰän³⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: caam4 saa1
- Yale: chàahm sā
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam4 saa1
- Guangdong Romanization: cam4 sa1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰaːm²¹ saː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâm-soa
- Tâi-lô: tshâm-sua
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhamsoaf
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² sua⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Wu
Noun
蠶沙
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 蠶沙 (“silkworm excrement”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蠶沙 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 蠶沙 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 蠶屎 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 蠶沙子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 蠶沙 |
| Wanrong | 蠶屎 | |
| Xi'an | 蠶沙 | |
| Xuzhou | 蠶沙, 蠶屎 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 蠶屎 |
| Ürümqi | 蠶沙 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 蠶屎 |
| Wuhan | 蠶㞎㞎 | |
| Guiyang | 蠶沙, 蠶子蛋 | |
| Liuzhou | 蠶屎, 蠶癟 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 蠶沙 |
| Yangzhou | 蠶沙子 | |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蠶屎 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蠶屎 |
| Lichuan | 蠶屎 | |
| Pingxiang | 蠶蟲屎 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蠶屎 |
| Yudu | 蠶子蛋 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 蠶沙 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蠶屎 |
| Xinzhou | 蠶兒屎 | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蠶仔屎 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蠶繭屎 |
| Fuqing | 桑囝屎 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 娘仔屎 |
| Quanzhou | 娘屎 | |
| Zhangzhou | 蠶屎 | |
| Jieyang | 蠶屎 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 娘囝屎 |
| Xianyou | 娘囝屎 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 蠶屎 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蠶惡, 蠶沙 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 蠶惡 | |
| Suzhou | 蠶屎, 蠶沙 | |
| Danyang | 蠶屎 | |
| Hangzhou | 蠶惡 | |
| Ningbo | 蠶惡 | |
| Wenzhou | 蠶沙 | |
| Jinhua | 蠶惡 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蠶子屎 |
| Loudi | 蠶屎 | |
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 蠶沙 – see 蠶痧 (“freckle”). (This term is a variant form of 蠶痧). |