| 桑蚕 | sāng cán | silkworm |   |
| 蚕宝宝 | cán bǎo bǎo | silkworm | |
| 蚕 |  cán | silkworm | |
| 蟓 | xiàng | silkworm | |
| 蚕茧 | cán jiǎn | silkworm cocoon | |
| 蚕蛹 | cán yǒng | silkworm chrysalis / pupa | |
| 蚕种 | cán zhǒng | silkworm eggs | |
| 家蚕 | jiā cán | the common silkworm (Bombyx mori) | |
| 蚕蛾 | cán é | Chinese silkworm moth (Bombyx mori) | |
| 吐 | tǔ | to spit / to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc) / to say / to pour out (one's grievances) | |
| 箔 | bó | plaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc) / silkworm basket / metal foil / foil paper | |
| 蚕卵 | cán luǎn | silkworm eggs | |
| 白僵蚕 | bái jiāng cán | the larva of silkworm with batrytis | |
| 柘树 | zhè shù | silkworm thorn tree | |
| 蚕子 | cán zǐ | silkworm eggs | |
| 蚕山 | cán shān | silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons) | |
| 蚕沙 | cán shā | silkworm guano (excrement) | |
| 蚕眠字 | cán mián zì | handwriting that resembles a hibernating silkworm | |
| 蚕纸 | cán zhǐ | paper on which silkworm lays its eggs | |
| 蚕茧纸 | cán jiǎn zhǐ | paper made from silkworm cocoons | |
| 蚕蔟 | cán cù | silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons) | |
| 蚕蚁 | cán yǐ | newly hatched silkworm | |
| 蚕食鲸吞 | cán shí jīng tūn | lit. to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom) / fig. to seize (territory etc) incrementally or wholesale | |
