蠶蛹

Chinese

		silkworm	chrysalis; pupa
trad. (蠶蛹)		蠶	蛹
simp. (蚕蛹)		蚕	蛹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): cányǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˊ ㄩㄥˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): can² yong³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caam⁴ jung²
• Gan (Wiktionary): con² iung³
• Jin (Wiktionary): can¹ yng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cányǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ ㄩㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cányǒng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan²-yung³
    • Yale: tsán-yǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarnyeong
    • Palladius: цаньюн (canʹjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän³⁵ jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: can² yong³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: canjng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰan²¹ yoŋ⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caam⁴ jung²
    • Yale: chàahm yúng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam⁴ jung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cam⁴ yung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm²¹ jʊŋ³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: con² iung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn²⁴ iuŋ²¹³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: can¹ yng²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰæ̃¹¹ ỹŋ⁵³/

Noun

蠶蛹

1. silkworm chrysalis

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蠶蛹 (“silkworm chrysalis”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蠶蛹
Mandarin	Taiwan	蠶蛹
	Harbin	蠶蛹兒
	Yantai (Muping)	蠶蛹兒, 蛹兒
	Jinan	蠶蛹兒
	Luoyang	蠶蛹兒
	Xi'an	蠶蛹, 蠶蛹兒
	Yinchuan	蠶殼殼子
	Ürümqi	蠶蛹
	Wuhan	蠶蛹兒
	Chengdu	蠶妞兒, 蠶蛹
	Guiyang	蠶蛹
	Liuzhou	蠶蛹
	Xuzhou	蠶蛹
	Yangzhou	蠶蛹
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蠶蠓, 蠶蟲
	Dongguan	蠶蛹
Gan	Nanchang	蠶蛹
	Lichuan	蠶蛹
Hakka	Meixian	蠶竇
Huizhou	Jixi	蠶種
Jin	Taiyuan	蠶蛹
	Pingyao	蠶蛹蛹
	Xinzhou	巧牛兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	冬筍仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	老虎囝
	Fuqing	花生仁, 蛹
Southern Min	Xiamen	蜂蝦, 娘仔豆, 娘仔蝦
	Zhangzhou	蜂蝦
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蠶蛹
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	蠶蛹
	Suzhou	蠶蛹
	Danyang	蠶蛹兒
	Hangzhou	蠶肉兒
	Ningbo	蠶蛹
	Wenzhou	蠶蛹

Derived terms

• 蠶蛹油／蚕蛹油 (cányǒngyóu)