蠶 cán

silkworms

DEFINITIONS

  • silkworms
  • silkworm

WORDS

家蠶 jiā cán the common silkworm (Bombyx mori)
春蠶 chūn cán Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾[Mao2 Dun4]
柘蠶 zhè cán silkworms fed on the leaves of the 柘[zhe4] tree
桑蠶 sāng cán silkworm
沙蠶 shā cán genus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm
白殭蠶 bái jiāng cán the larva of silkworm with batrytis
臥蠶 wò cán plump lower eyelids (considered to be an attractive feature)
草石蠶 cǎo shí cán Chinese artichoke; Stachys sieboldii
蠶叢 cán cóng Can Cong, legendary creator of silk and sericulture
蠶子 cán zǐ silkworm eggs
蠶寶寶 cán bǎo bǎo silkworm
蠶山 cán shān silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons)
蠶沙 cán shā silkworm guano (excrement)
蠶眠 cán mián a silkworm's period of inactivity prior to molting
蠶種 cán zhǒng silkworm eggs
蠶箔 cán bó tray of straw for raising silkworms; fig. sericulture
蠶紙 cán zhǐ paper on which silkworm lays its eggs
蠶絲 cán sī natural silk (secreted by silkworm)
蠶繭 cán jiǎn silkworm cocoon
蠶繭紙 cán jiǎn zhǐ paper made from silkworm cocoons
蠶菜 cán cài Malabar spinach; Basella alba
蠶蔟 cán cù silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons)
蠶薄 cán bó variant of 蠶箔|蚕箔[can2 bo2]
蠶蛹 cán yǒng silkworm chrysalis; pupa
蠶蛾 cán é Chinese silkworm moth (Bombyx mori)
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