蚕茧纸 蠶繭紙

蚕 蠶

• 家蚕 家蠶 jiā cán ㄐㄧㄚ ㄘㄢˊ gaa1 caam4 the common silkworm (Bombyx mori)
• 春蚕 春蠶 Chūn cán ㄔㄨㄣ ㄘㄢˊ ceon1 caam4 Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾
• 柘蚕 柘蠶 zhè cán ㄓㄜˋ ㄘㄢˊ ze3 caam4 silkworms fed on the leaves of the 柘 tree
• 桑蚕 桑蠶 sāng cán ㄙㄤ ㄘㄢˊ song1 caam4 silkworm
• 沙蚕 沙蠶 shā cán ㄕㄚ ㄘㄢˊ saa1 caam4 genus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm

茧 繭

• 作茧 作繭 zuò jiǎn ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ zok3 gaan2 to make a cocoon
• 茧子 繭子 jiǎn zi ㄐㄧㄢˇ ˙ㄗ gaan2 zi2 callus (patch or hardened skin)
• 老茧 老繭 lǎo jiǎn ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢˇ lou5 gaan2 callus (patch or hardened skin)
• 蚕茧 蠶繭 cán jiǎn ㄘㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ caam4 gaan2 silkworm cocoon
• 重茧 重繭 chóng jiǎn ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ thick callus

纸 紙

• 图纸 圖紙 tú zhǐ ㄊㄨˊ ㄓˇ tou4 zi2 blueprint
• 报纸 報紙 bào zhǐ ㄅㄠˋ ㄓˇ bou3 zi2 newspaper
• 纸张 紙張 zhǐ zhāng ㄓˇ ㄓㄤ zi2 zoeng1 paper
• 卫生纸 衛生紙 wèi shēng zhǐ ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄥ ㄓˇ wai6 sang1 zi2 toilet paper; tissues
• 造纸术 造紙術 zào zhǐ shù ㄗㄠˋ ㄓˇ ㄕㄨˋ zou6 zi2 seot6 papermaking process

• 蚕食鲸吞 蠶食鯨吞 cán shí jīng tūn ㄘㄢˊ ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄊㄨㄣ caam4 sik6 king4 tan1 lit. to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom)

• 抽丝剥茧 抽絲剝繭 chōu sī bō jiǎn ㄔㄡ ㄙ ㄅㄛ ㄐㄧㄢˇ lit. to unwind the silk thread from the cocoon (idiom)
• 破茧成蝶 破繭成蝶 pò jiǎn chéng dié ㄆㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄝˊ lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom)
• 造茧自缚 造繭自縛 zào jiǎn zì fù ㄗㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄗˋ ㄈㄨˋ zou6 gaan2 zi6 bok3 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising

• 敬惜字纸 敬惜字紙 jìng xī zì zhǐ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧ ㄗˋ ㄓˇ ging3 sik1 zi6 zi2 to treasure written material as a cultural resource (idiom)
• 金迷纸醉 金迷紙醉 jīn mí zhǐ zuì ㄐㄧㄣ ㄇㄧˊ ㄓˇ ㄗㄨㄟˋ gam1 mai4 zi2 zeoi3 lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury
• 洛阳纸贵 洛陽紙貴 Luò yáng zhǐ guì ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄓˇ ㄍㄨㄟˋ lok3 joeng4 zi2 gwai3 lit. paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom)