蠶蟻

Chinese

		silkworm	ant
trad. (蠶蟻)		蠶	蟻
simp. (蚕蚁)		蚕	蚁
anagram		蟻蠶／蚁蚕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cányǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˊ ㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caam⁴ ngai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cányǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ ㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cányǐ
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan²-i³
    • Yale: tsán-yǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarnyii
    • Palladius: цаньи (canʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caam⁴ ngai⁵
    • Yale: chàahm ngáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam⁴ ngai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cam⁴ ngei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm²¹ ŋɐi̯¹³/

Noun

蠶蟻

1. newly-hatched silkworm

Synonyms

• 蟻蠶／蚁蚕 (yǐcán)
• (Hokkien) 娘仔囝, 娘仔蟻／娘仔蚁