木樨

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Chinese

		tree; wood
simp. and trad. (木樨)		木	樨
alternative forms		木犀

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mùxī

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ sai¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k-se

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mùxī → mùxi (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄒㄧ → ㄇㄨˋ ˙ㄒㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mùsi̊
  - Wade–Giles: mu⁴-hsi⁵
  - Yale: mù-syi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muh.shi
  - Palladius: муси (musi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/ → /mu⁵¹ ɕi¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: muk⁶ sai¹
  - Yale: muhk sāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ sai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ sei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² sɐi̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-se
  - Tâi-lô: bo̍k-se
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bogsef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻² se³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² se⁴⁴/

Noun

木樨

sweet osmanthus (the plant)
(figurative) Alternative name for 木須／木须 (mùxū, “beaten eggs, as cooked in dishes such as moo shu pork or egg drop soup”).

Synonyms

(sweet osmanthus, the plant): 桂花 (guìhuā)

Derived terms

木樨地 (Mùxīdì)
草木樨 (cǎomùxī)

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