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Talking Chinese English Dictionary

Talking Chinese<->English dictionary with pinyin, English definition, pronunciation, variants, stroke animation, stroke order image, and sample sentences.
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IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
1 cáncan2silkworm
2蚕丝 蠶絲 cán can2 si1natural silk (secreted by silkworm)
3蚕宝宝 蠶寶寶 cán bǎo bǎocan2 bao3 bao3silkworm
4蚕箔 蠶箔 cán can2 bo2variant of 蚕箔 ; tray of straw for raising silkworms; fig. sericulture
5蚕菜 蠶菜 cán càican2 cai4Malabar spinach; Basella alba
6蚕丛 蠶叢 cán cóngCan2 Cong2Can Cong, legendary creator of silk and sericulture
7蚕蔟 蠶蔟 cán can2 cu4silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons)
8蚕豆 蠶豆 cán dòucan2 dou4broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
9蚕豆症 蠶豆症 cán dòu zhèngcan2 dou4 zheng4G6PD deficiency
10蚕蛾 蠶蛾 cán écan2 e2Chinese silkworm moth (Bombyx mori)
11蚕茧 蠶繭 cán jiǎncan2 jian3silkworm cocoon
12蚕茧纸 蠶繭紙 cán jiǎn zhǐcan2 jian3 zhi3paper made from silkworm cocoons
13蚕卵 蠶卵 cán luǎncan2 luan3silkworm eggs
14蚕眠 蠶眠 cán miáncan2 mian2a silkworm's period of inactivity prior to molting
15蚕农 蠶農 cán nóngcan2 nong2sericulturist
16蚕沙 蠶沙 cán shācan2 sha1silkworm guano (excrement)
17蚕山 蠶山 cán shāncan2 shan1silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons)
18蚕食 蠶食 cán shícan2 shi2to nibble away at (as silkworm consume leaves); fig. to embezzle progressively
19蚕蚁 蠶蟻 cán can2 yi3newly hatched silkworm
20蚕蛹 蠶蛹 cán yǒngcan2 yong3silkworm chrysalis; pupa
21蚕纸 蠶紙 cán zhǐcan2 zhi3paper on which silkworm lays its eggs
22蚕种 蠶種 cán zhǒngcan2 zhong3silkworm eggs
23蚕子 蠶子 cán can2 zi3silkworm eggs

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