蚕 (蠶) cán
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cán
noun
silkworm
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Zoology , Concept: Insect 昆虫
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '蠶'; Guoyu '蠶' n; Unihan '蠶'; Wikipedia '蠶') -
cán
verb
to raise silkworms
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '蠶' v)
Contained in
- 草石蚕(草石蠶) Chinese artichoke; Stachys sieboldii
- 蚕宝宝(蠶寶寶) silkworm
- 家蚕(家蠶) the common silkworm
- 沙蚕(沙蠶) genus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm
- 卧蚕(臥蠶) plump lower eyelids (considered to be an attractive feature)
- 蚕蚁(蠶蟻) newly hatched silkworm
- 柘蚕(柘蠶) silkworms fed on Chinese mulberry leaves
- 蚕豆症(蠶豆症) G6PD deficiency
- 蚕子(蠶子) silkworm eggs
- 蚕薄(蠶薄) tray of straw for raising silkworms
- 养蚕(養蠶) to raise silkworms
- 蚕菜(蠶菜) Malabar spinach; Basella alba
- 蚕沙(蠶沙) silkworm guano (excrement)
- 白僵蚕(白殭蠶) the larva of silkworm with batrytis
- 蚕箔(蠶箔) tray of straw for raising silkworms; fig. sericulture
- 蚕茧纸(蠶繭紙) paper made from silkworm cocoons
- 蚕豆(蠶豆) broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
- 桑蚕(桑蠶) silkworm
- 蚕食(蠶食) to nibble away at (as silkworm consume leaves); fig. to embezzle progressively
- 蚕丝(蠶絲) natural silk
- 蚕蛹(蠶蛹) silkworm chrysalis; pupa
- 蚕种(蠶種) silkworm eggs
- 蚕农(蠶農) sericulturist
- 蚕纸(蠶紙) paper on which silkworm lays its eggs
- 养蚕业(養蠶業) silk industry
- 蚕山(蠶山) silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons)
- 蚕茧(蠶繭) silkworm cocoon
- 蚕丛(蠶叢) Can Cong, legendary creator of silk and sericulture
- 蚕眠(蠶眠) a silkworm's period of inactivity prior to molting
- 蚕蛾(蠶蛾) a silk moth
- 蚕蔟(蠶蔟) silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons)
- 殭蚕(殭蠶) stiff silkworms
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Collocations
- 蚕室 (蠶室) 舍於蠶室 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 34
- 蚕桑 (蠶桑) 民之通於蠶桑 — Guanzi 管子, 山權數第七十五 Chapter 75: Methods for Administering Mountain Areas — count: 16
- 助蚕 (助蠶) 貴人助蠶服 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第三十 輿服下 冕冠 長冠 委貌冠 皮弁冠 爵弁冠 通天冠 遠遊冠 高山冠...Volume 120: Travel and Dress Part Two — count: 9
- 蚕织 (蠶織) 休其蠶織 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧瞻卬 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Zhan Yang — count: 8
- 先蚕 (先蠶) 合朔立春五供上陵冠夕牲耕高禖養老先蠶祓禊 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第四 禮儀上 合朔 立春 五供 上陵 冠 夕牲 耕 高禖 養老 先蠶 祓禊 Volume 94: Etiquette Part One — count: 8
- 蚕陵 (蠶陵) 蠶陵 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十八上 地理志 Volume 28a: Treatise on Geography 1 — count: 7
- 蚕麦 (蠶麥) 今年蠶麥傷 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷七 昭帝紀 Volume 7: Annals of Emperor Zhao — count: 5
- 劝蚕 (勸蠶) 省婦使以勸蠶事 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 5
- 蚕事 (蠶事) 省婦使以勸蠶事 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 5
- 栋蚕 (棟蠶) 益州郡夷栋蚕 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷八十六 南蠻西南夷列傳 Volume 86: Treatise on the Nanman, Southwestern Barbarians — count: 4