桑蠶

Chinese

		mulberry tree	silkworm
trad. (桑蠶)		桑	蠶
simp. (桑蚕)		桑	蚕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sāngcán

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄤ ㄘㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): song¹ caam⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): song-chhâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sāngcán
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄤ ㄘㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sangcán
    • Wade–Giles: sang¹-tsʻan²
    • Yale: sāng-tsán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sangtsarn
    • Palladius: санцань (sancanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: song¹ caam⁴
    • Yale: sōng chàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: song¹ tsaam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: song¹ cam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: song-chhâm
    • Tâi-lô: song-tshâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: songzhaam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰam²⁴/

Noun

桑蠶

1. domestic silkworm (Bombyx mori)

Synonyms

• 家蠶／家蚕 (jiācán)