Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- cán
English
- silkworm
- silkworm
- silkmoth
粵語
- 一種鱗翅目嘅昆蟲,成蟲有兩對翼,身上有白色鱗毛,幼蟲蠶蟲係絲綢嘅主要原料來源
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Words containing 蠶
- 蠶食caam4 sik6
(lit. and fig.) to nibble away at
- 沙蠶saa1 caam4
genus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm
- 蠶蟲caam4 cung2
silkworm
- 蠶豆caam4 dau2
broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
- 蠶繭caam4 gaan2
silkworm cocoon
- 蠶蛹caam4 jung2
silkworm chrysalis; silkworm pupa
- 蠶菜caam4 coi3
Malabar spinach (Basella alba)
- 蠶沙caam4 saa1
silkworm guano (excrement)
- 蠶紙caam4 zi2
paper on which silkworm lays its eggs
- 蠶種caam4 zung2
silkworm eggs
- 蠶絲caam4 si1
natural silk (secreted by silkworm)
- 養蠶joeng5 caam4
to raise silkworms
- 蠶農caam4 nung4
sericulturist
- 蠶蟻caam4 ngai5
newly hatched silkworm
- 臥蠶ngo6 caam4
plump lower eyelids (considered to be an attractive feature)
- 蠶眠caam4 min4
a silkworm's period of inactivity prior to molting
- 蠶叢caam4 cung4
Can Cong, legendary creator of silk and sericulture
- 蠶蛾caam4 ngo4
Chinese silkworm moth (Bombyx mori)
- 蠶箔caam4 bok6
bamboo tray for raising silkworms
- 蠶寶寶caam4 bou2 bou2
silkworm
- 蠶食鯨吞caam4 sik6 king4 tan1
(lit.) to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom)
- 蠶蔟caam4 cuk1
small bundle of straw etc provided for silkworms to spin cocoons on
- 蠶蟲師爺caam4 cung2 si1 je4
strategist (slang)
- 蠶子caam4 zi2
silkworm eggs