蠶仔

Chinese

		silkworm	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (蠶仔)		蠶	仔
simp. (蚕仔)		蚕	仔

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhàm-é

  (Meixian, Guangdong): cam² ê³

• Northern Min (KCR): châng-ciě
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thâm-á / chhâm-á

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhàm-é
    • Hakka Romanization System: camˇ e`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cam² e³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰam¹¹ e³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cam² ê³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰam¹¹ me³¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: châng-ciě
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ³³ t͡siɛ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâm-á
    • Tâi-lô: thâm-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tam'ar
    • IPA (Tainan): /tʰam²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²³⁻³³ a⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâm-á
    • Tâi-lô: tshâm-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zham'ar
    • IPA (Tainan): /t͡sʰam²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

Noun

蠶仔

1. (Hakka, Northern Min, Southern Min, Central Min) silkworm

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蠶 (“silkworm”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蠶
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蠶
Taxonomic name		蠶
Mandarin	Beijing	蠶
	Taiwan	蠶
	Harbin	蠶
	Shenyang	蠶
	Yantai (Muping)	蠶
	Jinan	蠶
	Luoyang	蠶兒
	Wanrong	蠶
	Xi'an	蠶
	Yinchuan	蠶
	Lanzhou	蠶兒
	Xining	蠶
	Ürümqi	蠶
	Wuhan	蠶
	Huanggang	蠶兒
	Chengdu	蠶子
	Guiyang	蠶子
	Kunming	蠶
	Guilin	蠶
	Liuzhou	蠶, 蠶蟲
	Xuzhou	蠶
	Yangzhou	蠶子, 蠶
	Nanjing	蠶, 蠶寶寶, 寶寶, 寶貝
	Hefei	蠶
	Nantong	蠶兒, 蠶寶寶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蠶蟲, 蠶
	Hong Kong	蠶蟲, 蠶
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	蠶蟲, 蠶
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	蠶蟲
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	蠶蟲
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	蠶蟲
	Macau	蠶
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	蠶
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	蠶
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	蠶
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	蠶
	Foshan	蠶
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	蠶
	Foshan (Shunde)	蠶
	Foshan (Sanshui)	蠶
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	蠶
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	蠶蟲
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	蠶蟲
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	蠶
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	蠶
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	蠶
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	蠶
	Taishan	蠶
	Kaiping (Chikan)	蠶
	Enping (Niujiang)	蠶
	Heshan (Yayao)	蠶
	Dongguan	蠶蟲, 蠶
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	蠶
	Qingyuan	蠶蟲
	Fogang	蠶
	Yingde (Hanguang)	蠶蟲
	Yangshan	蠶蟲
	Lianshan (Butian)	蠶
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	蠶
	Shaoguan	蠶蟲
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	蠶
	Renhua	蠶蟲
	Lechang	蠶蟲
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	蠶
	Sihui	蠶
	Guangning	蠶
	Deqing	蠶
	Huaiji	蠶
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	蠶
	Yunfu	蠶
	Xinxing	蠶
	Luoding	蠶蟲
	Yunan (Pingtai)	蠶
	Yangjiang	蠶
	Xinyi	蠶
	Lianjiang	蠶, 蠶蟲
	Nanning	蠶蟲, 蠶
	Wuzhou	蠶
	Yulin	蠶
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	蠶
	Danzhou	蠶
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	蠶
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	蠶
Gan	Nanchang	蠶
	Lichuan	蠶
	Pingxiang	蠶蟲
Hakka	Meixian	蠶仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	蠶蟲
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	蠶
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	蠶蟲
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	蠶蟲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	蠶
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	蠶
	Liannan	蠶
	Conghua (Lütian)	蠶
	Jiexi	蠶
	Changting	蠶哩
	Ninghua	蠶
	Yudu	蠶子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蠶仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蠶仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蠶仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蠶
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蠶仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蠶
	Hong Kong	蠶蟲
	Luchuan	蠶
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	蠶
	Senai (Huiyang)	蠶
Huizhou	Jixi	蠶
	Tunxi	蠶兒
Jin	Taiyuan	蠶, 蠶兒
	Pingyao	蠶兒
	Xinzhou	蠶兒
	Hohhot	蠶
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蠶仔
	Songxi	蠶仔
	Zhenghe	蠶仔
	Jianyang	蠶仔
	Wuyishan	蠶仔
	Pucheng (Shibei)	蠶蟲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蠶繭
	Changle	蠶囝
	Fuqing	桑囝
	Yongtai	蠶囝
	Gutian	蠶繭
	Fu'an	蠶
	Ningde	蠶繭
	Shouning	桑蟲
	Zhouning	蠶
	Fuding	蠶
	Matsu	絲蟲
Southern Min	Xiamen	娘仔
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	娘仔
	Quanzhou	娘仔
	Jinjiang	娘仔
	Yongchun	娘仙, 娘
	Zhangzhou	娘仔, 蠶
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	娘仔, 蠶貓仔
	Hua'an	絲蟲
	Pinghe	蠶仔
	Yunxiao	蠶
	Dongshan	蠶
	Taipei	娘仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	娘仔
	Kaohsiung	蠶仔
	Yilan	娘仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	娘仔
	Taichung	娘仔
	Tainan	蠶仔
	Hsinchu	娘仔
	Kinmen	娘仔, 蠶
	Penghu (Magong)	娘仔, 蠶
	Longyan	蠶仔
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	蟲
	Datian	絲蟲
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	蠶仔
	Chaozhou	蠶
	Shantou	蠶
	Haifeng	蠶
	Bangkok (Teochew)	蠶
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	蠶
	Wenchang	蠶
	Haikou	蠶蟲, 蠶
Central Min	Yong'an	蠶仔蟲, 蠶仔
	Sanyuan	蠶仔
	Shaxian	蠶仔
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	蠶
	Sanxiang	蠶蟲
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蠶蟲
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	蠶
Wu	Shanghai	蠶, 蠶寶寶
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蠶
	Suzhou	蠶, 蠶寶寶, 寶寶
	Wuxi	蠶寶寶
	Danyang	蠶
	Hangzhou	蠶寶寶
	Ningbo	蠶, 蠶寶寶
	Wenzhou	蠶兒
	Jinhua	蠶兒
Xiang	Changsha	蠶子, 蠶
	Loudi	蠶子
	Shuangfeng	蠶子
	Quanzhou	蠶

Derived terms

• 蠶仔子／蚕仔子
• 蠶仔屎／蚕仔屎
• 蠶仔樹／蚕仔树
• 蠶仔箬／蚕仔箬