蚕 (cán) — silkworm

Definition

Examples

• 蚕吐出的丝可以用来织成丝绸。
  cán Tǔ chū de sī kě yǐ yòng lái zhī chéng sī chóu.
  The silk that the silkworm produces can be woven into silk fabric.
• 农民在春天开始养蚕，到夏天就能收茧。
  Nóng mín zài chūn tiān kāi shǐ yǎng cán, dào xià tiān jiù néng shōu jiǎn.
  Farmers start raising silkworms in spring and can harvest cocoons by summer.
• 蚕主要以桑叶为食。
  cán Zhǔ yào yǐ sāng yè wèi shí.
  Silkworms mainly feed on mulberry leaves.