娘仔絲

Chinese

		silkworm; young lady	silk; thread; trace
trad. (娘仔絲)		娘仔	絲
simp. (娘仔丝)		娘仔	丝

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): niû-á-si

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niû-á-si
    • Tâi-lô: niû-á-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niu'afsy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /niũ²³⁻³³ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /niũ²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /niũ²⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si⁴⁴/

Noun

娘仔絲

1. (Hokkien) natural silk
   • 2019, 林志立, “紅嬰仔 [New born]”, in 苦盡甘來, performed by 艱苦人:

     親像娘仔絲的頭鬃　拍毋見一絲嘛會毋甘 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     亲像娘仔丝的头鬃　拍毋见一丝嘛会毋甘 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     chhin-chhiūⁿ niû-á-si ê thâu-chang, phàng-kiàn chi̍t si mā ē m̄-kam [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蠶絲 (“natural silk”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蠶絲, 真絲
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	蠶絲
Cantonese	Hong Kong	蠶絲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蠶繭絲
Southern Min	Xiamen	娘仔絲
	Zhao'an	蠶絲
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	蠶仔絲
	Tainan	蠶仔絲
	Tainan (Anping)	蠶仔絲
Puxian Min	Putian	娘囝絲
	Xianyou	娘囝絲
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蠶絲
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	蠶絲