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蚕 cán

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蚕 cán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cán | can2
English translation
silkworm

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About 蚕 cán

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

蠶 cán

Contains the radical

虫 chóng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

insect

Etymology of 蚕 cán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿱天虫

Semantic compound

虫 chóng

Phonetic compound

天 tiān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 chóng represents the meaning and 天 tiān represents the sound. Simplified form of 蠶 cán .

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Example sentences using 蚕 cán

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全家 quán jiā 都 dōu 是 shì 惴惴不安 zhuì zhuì bù ān 地 de 又 yòu 很 hěn 兴奋 xīngfèn 地 de 等候 děnghòu “收 shōu 蚕 cán ”.

Uneasy but eager, the whole family waited for the eggs to hatch.

老 lǎo 通宝却 què 不耐烦 bùnàifán 了 le ,怒 nù 声 shēng 喝道 hè dào : “ 说 shuì 什么 shénme 梦话 mèng huà ! 刚 gāng 吃 chī 了 le 两 liǎng 天 tiān 老蚕 呢 ne .

" One more day? You're dreaming!'snapped the old man impatiently.

老 lǎo 通 tōng 宝 bǎo 家 jiā 的 de 蚕 cán 非常 fēicháng 好 hǎo !

The silkworms of Old Tong Bao's family grew and thrived!

他们 tā men 摘 zhāi 了 le 一些 yī xiē 蚕豆 cán dòu 充饥 chōng jī .

They picked some favas to stay their hunger.

几家制造商 zhì zào shāng 也 Yě 在 zài 蚕食 cán shí 福特公司的 de 传统 chuántǒng 客户群。

Several manufacturers are also nibbling away at Ford's traditional customer base.

Words with 蚕 cán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
蚕 cán silkworm蠶 cán
蚕食 cán shí fig. to embezzle progressively蠶食
蚕丝 cán sī natural silk (secreted by silkworm)蠶絲
蚕豆 cán dòu fava bean蠶豆
养蚕 yǎng cán to raise silkworms養蠶
蚕茧 cán jiǎn silkworm cocoon蠶繭
蚕蛹 cán yǒng pupa蠶蛹
春蚕 Chūn cán Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾 Máo Dùn [Máo​Dùn]春蠶
桑蚕 sāng cán silkworm桑蠶
蚕种 cán zhǒng silkworm eggs蠶種
蚕农 cán nóng sericulturist蠶農
家蚕 jiā cán the common silkworm (Bombyx mori)家蠶
蚕宝宝 cán bǎo bǎo silkworm蠶寶寶
蚕蛾 cán é Chinese silkworm moth (Bombyx mori)蠶蛾
蚕沙 cán shā silkworm guano (excrement)蠶沙
白僵蚕 bái jiāng cán the larva of silkworm with batrytis白殭蠶
养蚕业 yǎng cán yè silk industry養蠶業
蚕子 cán zǐ silkworm eggs蠶子
蚕纸 cán zhǐ paper on which silkworm lays its eggs蠶紙
蚕眠 cán mián a silkworm's period of inactivity prior to molting蠶眠
蚕蚁 cán yǐ newly hatched silkworm蠶蟻

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