蠶絲

Chinese

		silkworm	silk; thread; trace
trad. (蠶絲)		蠶	絲
simp. (蚕丝)		蚕	丝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cánsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˊ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caam⁴ si¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhâm-si / chhân-si

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• 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/
• 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/
• 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/

Noun

蠶絲

1. natural silk

Synonyms

• (Eastern Min) 蠶繭絲／蚕茧丝
• (Hokkien) 娘仔絲／娘仔丝