絲綿

Chinese

		silk; thread; trace	cotton; incessant; soft cotton; incessant; soft; downy
trad. (絲綿)		絲	綿
simp. (丝绵)		丝	绵
alternative forms		絲棉／丝棉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sīmián

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄇㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ min⁴
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹sy-mi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sīmián
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄇㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sihmián
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-mien²
    • Yale: sz̄-myán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: symian
    • Palladius: сымянь (symjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ min⁴
    • Yale: sī mìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ min⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ min⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ miːn²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹sy-mi
    • MiniDict: sy^平 mi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹sr-mi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩⁵⁵ mi²¹/

Noun

絲綿

1. silk floss; silk wadding