蛛絲

Chinese

		spider	silk; thread; trace
trad. (蛛絲)		蛛	絲
simp. (蛛丝)		蛛	丝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhūsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨ ㄙ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhūsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhusih
    • Wade–Giles: chu¹-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: jū-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jusy
    • Palladius: чжусы (čžusy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/

Noun

蛛絲

1. spider silk; gossamer; cobweb's thread
2. cobweb; spiderweb

Synonyms

• 蜘蛛絲／蜘蛛丝 (zhīzhūsī)
• (cobweb):

Dialectal synonyms of 蜘蛛網 (“spiderweb; cobweb”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蛛網
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蜘蛛網, 蛛網
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	蛛蛛網
	Taiwan	蜘蛛網
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	蜘蛛網
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蛛蛛羅網兒
	Wanrong	蛛蛛羅
	Xi'an	蛛蛛網
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	蛛蛛網
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	波絲網
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	羅羅網, 蜘蛛網
	Yangzhou	羅羅網子, 羅羅網
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蠄蟧絲網
	Hong Kong	蜘蛛網, 蠄蟧絲網
	Dongguan	蠄蟧絲網
Gan	Pingxiang	織蛛網
Hakka	Meixian	蝲䗁絲網
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蝲䗁網
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蝲䗁絲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蝲䗁網
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蜘蛛網
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蝲䗁網
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蜘蛛網, 蝲䗁絲
Huizhou	Jixi	蛛蛛網
Jin	Taiyuan	蛛蛛網
Northern Min	Jian'ou	吊蛛網
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蜘蛛鞔
Southern Min	Xiamen	蜘蛛網
	Zhangzhou	蜈絲
	Tainan	蜘蛛網, 蜘蛛絲
	Manila (Hokkien)	蜘蛛網
	Shantou	蜘蛛網
	Haifeng	蜘蛛網
	Haikou	龍牙古網
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	蠄蟧絲網, 蜘蛛網
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	爪揸網, 蛛蛛網
Wu	Shanghai	結蛛羅網, 結蛛網, 結蛛樑網絲, 蜘蛛網
	Shanghai (Chongming)	結蛛聾蚌
	Danyang	蜘蛛網網, 蜘蛛網
	Hangzhou	結蛛網兒
	Ningbo	蛛蛛網, 結蛛亂網
	Wenzhou	絲網
Xiang	Changsha	蜘蛛蒙子

Derived terms

• 蛛絲馬跡／蛛丝马迹 (zhūsīmǎjì)