蠶眠

Chinese

		silkworm	sleep
trad. (蠶眠)		蠶	眠
simp. (蚕眠)		蚕	眠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cánmián

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caam⁴ min⁴
Min Nan (POJ): chhâm-biân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: cánmián
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarnmian
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cánmián
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän³⁵ mjɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: caam⁴ min⁴
  - Yale: chàahm mìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam⁴ min⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cam⁴ min⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰäːm²¹ miːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâm-biân
  - Tâi-lô: tshâm-biân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhambieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² biɛn²⁴/

Verb

蠶眠

to become inactive before shedding skin (of a silkworm)

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