蛅蟖

Chinese

		a caterpillar
simp. and trad. (蛅蟖)		蛅	蟖
alternative forms		蛅蟴 蛅斯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhānsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁴ si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhānsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhansih
    • Wade–Giles: chan¹-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: jān-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jansy
    • Palladius: чжаньсы (čžanʹsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim⁴ si¹
    • Yale: yìhm sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁴ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim⁴ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm²¹ siː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: nyem sje

Rime
Character	蛅	蟖
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	汝鹽切	息移切
Baxter	nyem	sje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiᴇm/	/siᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiɛm/	/siɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjæm/	/sjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵiam/	/siə̆/
Li Rong	/ȵiɛm/	/sie/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭɛm/	/sǐe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ɛm/	/sie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rán	sī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim4	si1

Noun

蛅蟖

1. a kind of caterpillar that stings people