蠶沙

Chinese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cánshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˊ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caam⁴ saa¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zoe-so

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cánshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cánsha
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan²-sha¹
    • Yale: tsán-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarnsha
    • Palladius: цаньша (canʹša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän³⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caam⁴ saa¹
    • Yale: chàahm sā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam⁴ saa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cam⁴ sa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm²¹ saː⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zoe-so
    • MiniDict: zoe^去 so
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zoe-so
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zø²² so⁴⁴/

Noun

蠶沙

1. silkworm excrement

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蠶沙 (“silkworm excrement”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蠶沙
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	蠶沙
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	蠶屎
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	蠶沙子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蠶沙
	Wanrong	蠶屎
	Xi'an	蠶沙
	Xuzhou	蠶沙, 蠶屎
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	蠶屎
	Ürümqi	蠶沙
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	蠶屎
	Wuhan	蠶㞎㞎
	Guiyang	蠶沙, 蠶子蛋
	Liuzhou	蠶屎, 蠶癟
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蠶沙
	Yangzhou	蠶沙子
Cantonese	Dongguan	蠶屎
Gan	Nanchang	蠶屎
	Lichuan	蠶屎
	Pingxiang	蠶蟲屎
Hakka	Meixian	蠶屎
	Yudu	蠶子蛋
Huizhou	Jixi	蠶沙
Jin	Taiyuan	蠶屎
	Xinzhou	蠶兒屎
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蠶仔屎
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蠶繭屎
	Fuqing	桑囝屎
Southern Min	Xiamen	娘仔屎
	Zhangzhou	蠶屎
	Jieyang	蠶屎
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蠶屎
Wu	Shanghai	蠶惡, 蠶沙
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蠶惡
	Suzhou	蠶屎, 蠶沙
	Danyang	蠶屎
	Hangzhou	蠶惡
	Ningbo	蠶惡
	Wenzhou	蠶沙
	Jinhua	蠶惡
Xiang	Changsha	蠶子屎
	Loudi	蠶屎

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 蠶沙 – see 蠶痧 (“freckle”). (This term is a variant form of 蠶痧).