English
- cocoon
- (bound form) cocoon
- callus, blister
- (bound form) callus (variant of 趼[jian3])
- cocoon of the silkworm and other insects
粵語
- 某啲昆蟲嘅幼蟲變成蛹之前吐絲造嘅殼
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 繭
- 蠶繭caam4 gaan2
silkworm cocoon
- 老繭lou5 gaan2
callus (patch or hardened skin)
- 作繭zok3 gaan2
to make a cocoon
- 繭子gaan2 zi2
callus (patch or hardened skin)
- 重繭cung5 gaan2
thick callus
- 抽絲剝繭cau1 si1 mok1 gaan2
(lit.) to unwind the silk thread from the cocoon (idiom)
- 蠶繭紙caam4 gaan2 zi2
paper made from silkworm cocoons
- 作繭自縛zok3 gaan2 zi6 bong2
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
- 第三繭dai6 saam1 gaan2
the third conviction [colloquial]
- 造繭自縛zou6 gaan2 zi6 bok3
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
- 信息繭房seon3 sik1 gaan2 fong4
(Internet) echo chamber
- 破繭成蝶po3 gaan2 sing4 dip6
lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom)