蠶絲
Chinese
| silkworm | silk; thread; trace | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (蠶絲) | 蠶 | 絲 | |
| simp. (蚕丝) | 蚕 | 丝 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: cánsī
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ ㄙ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cánsih
- Wade–Giles: tsʻan2-ssŭ1
- Yale: tsán-sz̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarnsy
- Palladius: цаньсы (canʹsy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰän³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: caam4 si1
- Yale: chàahm sī
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam4 si1
- Guangdong Romanization: cam4 xi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰaːm²¹ siː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâm-si
- Tâi-lô: tshâm-si
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhamsy
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² si⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² si³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰam²³⁻³³ si⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰam²⁴⁻¹¹ si⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhân-si
- Tâi-lô: tshân-si
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhansy
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰan¹³⁻²² si⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
Noun
蠶絲
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 蠶絲 (“natural silk”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蠶絲, 真絲 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蠶絲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蠶絲 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蠶繭絲 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 娘仔絲 |
| Zhao'an | 蠶絲 | |
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 蠶仔絲 | |
| Tainan | 蠶仔絲 | |
| Tainan (Anping) | 蠶仔絲 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 娘囝絲 |
| Xianyou | 娘囝絲 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 蠶絲 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 蠶絲 |