蠶眠

Chinese

		silkworm	sleep
trad. (蠶眠)		蠶	眠
simp. (蚕眠)		蚕	眠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cánmián

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caam⁴ min⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhâm-biân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cánmián
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cánmián
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan²-mien²
    • Yale: tsán-myán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarnmian
    • Palladius: цаньмянь (canʹmjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän³⁵ mi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caam⁴ min⁴
    • Yale: chàahm mìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam⁴ min⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cam⁴ min⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm²¹ miːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâm-biân
    • Tâi-lô: tshâm-biân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhambieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² biɛn²⁴/

Verb

蠶眠

1. (of a silkworm) to become inactive before shedding skin