蠶蠓

Chinese

		silkworm	grasshopper; midge; sandfly
trad. (蠶蠓)		蠶	蠓
simp. (蚕蠓)		蚕	蠓

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caam⁴ mung²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caam⁴ mung²
    • Yale: chàahm múng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam⁴ mung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cam⁴ mung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm²¹ mʊŋ³⁵/

Noun

蠶蠓

1. (Cantonese) silkworm chrysalis

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蠶蛹 (“silkworm chrysalis”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蠶蛹
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	蠶蛹
	Harbin	蠶蛹兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	蠶蛹兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	蠶蛹兒, 蛹兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蠶蛹兒
	Xi'an	蠶蛹, 蠶蛹兒
	Xuzhou	蠶蛹
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	蠶殼殼子
	Ürümqi	蠶蛹
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	蠶妞兒, 蠶蛹
	Wuhan	蠶蛹兒
	Guiyang	蠶蛹
	Liuzhou	蠶蛹
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	蠶蛹
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蠶蠓, 蠶蟲
	Dongguan	蠶蛹
Gan	Nanchang	蠶蛹
	Lichuan	蠶蛹
Hakka	Meixian	蠶竇
Huizhou	Jixi	蠶種
Jin	Taiyuan	蠶蛹
	Pingyao	蠶蛹蛹
	Xinzhou	巧牛兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	冬筍仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	老虎囝
	Fuqing	花生仁, 蛹
Southern Min	Xiamen	蜂蝦, 娘仔豆, 娘仔蝦
	Zhangzhou	蜂蝦
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蠶蛹
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	蠶蛹
	Suzhou	蠶蛹
	Danyang	蠶蛹兒
	Hangzhou	蠶肉兒
	Ningbo	蠶蛹
	Wenzhou	蠶蛹