娘仔卵

Chinese

		silkworm; young lady	ovum
trad. (娘仔卵)		娘仔	卵
simp. #(娘仔卵)		娘仔	卵

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): niû-á-nn̄g / niû-á-nňg

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niû-á-nn̄g
    • Tâi-lô: niû-á-nn̄g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niu'afnng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /niũ²⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nŋ̍²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /niũ²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nŋ̍³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /niũ²³⁻³³ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niû-á-nňg
    • Tâi-lô: niû-á-nňg
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /niũ²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²²/

Noun

娘仔卵

1. (Hokkien) silkworm egg

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蠶子 (“silkworm egg”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蠶子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	蠶子兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	蠶子兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	蠶兒蛋, 蠶子兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	蠶子蛋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蠶春
Gan	Nanchang	蠶子
	Lichuan	蠶子
Jin	Taiyuan	蠶子
	Pingyao	蠶子子
	Xinzhou	蠶兒子兒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蠶繭卵
Southern Min	Xiamen	娘仔卵
	Quanzhou	娘仔卵
	Zhangzhou	蠶卵
Wu	Suzhou	蠶種
	Danyang	蠶子
	Hangzhou	蠶種
	Wenzhou	蠶種
	Jinhua	蠶子
Xiang	Changsha	蠶子子