真絲
Chinese
| real; true; genuine | silk; thread; trace | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (真絲/眞絲) | 真/眞 | 絲 | |
| simp. (真丝) | 真 | 丝 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnsī
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄙ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhensih
- Wade–Giles: chên1-ssŭ1
- Yale: jēn-sz̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jensy
- Palladius: чжэньсы (čžɛnʹsy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zan1 si1
- Yale: jān sī
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzan1 si1
- Guangdong Romanization: zen1 xi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
真絲
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 |