娘仔觳

Chinese

		silkworm; young lady	(measure); frightened
trad. (娘仔觳)		娘仔	觳
simp. #(娘仔觳)		娘仔	觳

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): niû-á-phok / niû-á-khok

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niû-á-phok
    • Tâi-lô: niû-á-phok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niu'afphog
    • IPA (Lukang): /niũ²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pʰɔk̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niû-á-khok
    • Tâi-lô: niû-á-khok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niu'afqog

Noun

娘仔觳

1. (Lukang and Sanxia Hokkien) silkworm cocoon

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蠶繭 (“silkworm cocoon”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		繭
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蠶繭
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	繭子
	Taiwan	蠶繭
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	繭子
	Wanrong	繭圪螻
	Xining	繭
	Xuzhou	繭扣子, 繭子, 繭兒, 蠶扣子
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	蠶殼
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	繭殼兒, 蠶繭
	Guiyang	蠶繭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蠶繭子
	Yangzhou	蠶果子
Cantonese	Hong Kong	蠶繭
	Dongguan	蠶繭
Gan	Nanchang	蠶繭, 繭
	Lichuan	繭
Hakka	Yudu	蠶包
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蠶筴, 蠶繭, 蠶包
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蠶繭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蠶包, 蠶繭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蠶包, 蠶繭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蠶包, 蠶繭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蠶包
Huizhou	Jixi	蠶繭, 繭
Jin	Taiyuan	蠶繭
	Pingyao	絲管管
	Xinzhou	繭殼子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蠶繭, 繭
	Fuqing	虎囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	娘仔帽, 娘仔棗, 娘仔繭, 娘帽
	Quanzhou	娘仔帽, 娘帽
	Yongchun	繭
	Zhangzhou	蠶帽
	Dongshan	棗
	Taipei	觳仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	娘仔觳
	Yilan	觳仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	娘仔觳
	Taichung	娘仔觳仔
	Tainan	蠶仔繭, 塗豆仁
	Hsinchu	娘仔觳仔
	Kinmen	娘仔繭
	Penghu (Magong)	娘仔繭
	Haikou	蠶蜎
Central Min	Sanming (Shaxian)	蠶仔絲
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蠶繭
Wu	Shanghai	繭子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蠶繭
	Suzhou	繭子
	Danyang	繭殼
	Hangzhou	繭子
	Wenzhou	蠶繭
	Jinhua	蠶繭兒
Xiang	Loudi	繭子