柞蚕丝

柞蠶絲

zuòcánsī

noun

Meanings

HSK 7-9

柞蚕丝天然带着淡淡的金黄色。

Zuòcánsī tiānrán dài zhe dàndàn de jīnhuángsè.

Tussah silk has a natural pale golden tint.

HSK 7-9

辽宁是中国柞蚕丝最主要的产地。

Liáoníng shì Zhōngguó zuòcánsī zuì zhǔyào de chǎndì.

Liaoning is China's main source of tussah silk.

mistakes

柞 is zuò here, the oak whose leaves these silkworms eat. The reading zhà belongs to place names such as 柞水 in Shaanxi.

usage

Compared with 桑蚕丝, white mulberry silk, it is coarser and stronger and naturally brownish, and is woven into pongee and furnishing fabrics.

柞 zuò

蚕 cán

丝 sī