娘仔絲
Chinese
| silkworm; young lady | silk; thread; trace | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (娘仔絲) | 娘仔 | 絲 | |
| simp. (娘仔丝) | 娘仔 | 丝 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): niû-á-si
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niû-á-si
- Tâi-lô: niû-á-si
- Phofsit Daibuun: niu'afsy
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /niũ²³⁻³³ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /niũ²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si⁴⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /niũ²⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
Noun
娘仔絲
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 蠶絲 (“natural silk”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蠶絲, 真絲 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蠶絲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蠶絲 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蠶繭絲 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 娘仔絲 |
| Zhao'an | 蠶絲 | |
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 蠶仔絲 | |
| Tainan | 蠶仔絲 | |
| Tainan (Anping) | 蠶仔絲 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 娘囝絲 |
| Xianyou | 娘囝絲 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 蠶絲 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 蠶絲 |