沙蠶

Chinese

		granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar	silkworm
trad. (沙蠶)		沙	蠶
simp. (沙蚕)		沙	蚕
anagram		蠶沙／蚕沙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shācán

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄘㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saa¹ caam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shācán
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄘㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shacán
    • Wade–Giles: sha¹-tsʻan²
    • Yale: shā-tsán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shatsarn
    • Palladius: шацань (šacanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ t͡sʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saa¹ caam⁴
    • Yale: sā chàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saa¹ tsaam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sa¹ cam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːm²¹/

Noun

沙蠶

1. clam worm; Nereis

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 海蜈蚣