地蠶
Appearance
See also: 地蚕
Chinese
[edit]earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly |
silkworm | ||
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trad. (地蠶) | 地 | 蠶 | |
simp. (地蚕) | 地 | 蚕 |



Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄘㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dìcán
- Wade–Giles: ti4-tsʻan2
- Yale: dì-tsán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihtsarn
- Palladius: дицань (dicanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ti⁵¹ t͡sʰän³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: dei6 caam4
- Yale: deih chàahm
- Cantonese Pinyin: dei6 tsaam4
- Guangdong Romanization: déi6 cam4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tei̯²² t͡sʰaːm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
[edit]地蠶
- scarab beetle grub
- (dialectal) caterpillar in the genus Agrotis
- (Jilu Mandarin, including Tianjin Mandarin, Shijiazhuang Mandarin) earthworm
- Stachys geobombycis
- Alternative name for 甘露子 (“crosne; Chinese artichoke (Stachys affinis)”).