"蠶蟻" meaning in Chinese

See 蠶蟻 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /t͡sʰän³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /t͡sʰaːm²¹ ŋɐi̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰän³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /t͡sʰaːm²¹ ŋɐi̯¹³/ Chinese transliterations: cányǐ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄘㄢˊ ㄧˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], caam⁴ ngai⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], cányǐ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄘㄢˊ ㄧˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], cányǐ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], tsʻan²-i³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], tsán-yǐ [Mandarin, Yale, standard], tsarnyii [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], цаньи [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], canʹi [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], chàahm ngáih [Cantonese, Yale], tsaam⁴ ngai⁵ [Cantonese, Pinyin], cam⁴ ngei⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 蚕蚁
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 蠶蟻
  1. newly-hatched silkworm Synonyms: 蟻蠶/蚁蚕 (yǐcán), 蟻蠶 (yǐcán), 蚁蚕 (yǐcán), 娘仔囝 [Hokkien], 娘仔蟻, 娘仔蚁
    Sense id: en-蠶蟻-zh-noun-yO-DkIcE Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "蚕蚁",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "蠶蟻",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "newly-hatched silkworm"
      ],
      "id": "en-蠶蟻-zh-noun-yO-DkIcE",
      "links": [
        [
          "newly",
          "newly"
        ],
        [
          "hatch",
          "hatch"
        ],
        [
          "silkworm",
          "silkworm"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "yǐcán",
          "word": "蟻蠶/蚁蚕"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yǐcán",
          "word": "蟻蠶"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yǐcán",
          "word": "蚁蚕"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "娘仔囝"
        },
        {
          "word": "娘仔蟻"
        },
        {
          "word": "娘仔蚁"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cányǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄘㄢˊ ㄧˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "caam⁴ ngai⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cányǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄘㄢˊ ㄧˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cányǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsʻan²-i³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsán-yǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsarnyii"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цаньи"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "canʹi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰän³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chàahm ngáih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsaam⁴ ngai⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cam⁴ ngei⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰaːm²¹ ŋɐi̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰän³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰaːm²¹ ŋɐi̯¹³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "蠶蟻"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "蚕蚁",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "蠶蟻",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese nouns",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 蟻",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 蠶",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "newly-hatched silkworm"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "newly",
          "newly"
        ],
        [
          "hatch",
          "hatch"
        ],
        [
          "silkworm",
          "silkworm"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cányǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄘㄢˊ ㄧˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "caam⁴ ngai⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cányǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄘㄢˊ ㄧˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cányǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsʻan²-i³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsán-yǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsarnyii"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цаньи"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "canʹi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰän³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chàahm ngáih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsaam⁴ ngai⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cam⁴ ngei⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰaːm²¹ ŋɐi̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰän³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰaːm²¹ ŋɐi̯¹³/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yǐcán",
      "word": "蟻蠶/蚁蚕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǐcán",
      "word": "蟻蠶"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǐcán",
      "word": "蚁蚕"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "娘仔囝"
    },
    {
      "word": "娘仔蟻"
    },
    {
      "word": "娘仔蚁"
    }
  ],
  "word": "蠶蟻"
}

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