白木耳

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Chinese

white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
 
wood ear; tree ear; black fungus, especially Auricularia heimuer
trad. (白木耳) 木耳
simp. #(白木耳) 木耳
alternative forms 白木米 Hakka
白木栮 Eastern Min
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Noun

白木耳

  1. snow fungus (Tremella fuciformis)
  2. (slang) virginal woman

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References

  • 李如龙 , 刘福铸 , 吴华英 , 黄国城 (2019) “1392 白木耳”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 428.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しろ
Grade: 1
きくらげ
Grade: 1 Grade: 1
kun'yomi irregular
 シロキクラゲ on Japanese Wikipedia
白木耳, Tremella fuciformis

Etymology

Compound of (しろ) (shiro, white) + 木耳(きくらげ) (kikurage, wood ear, Judas-ear fungus).

Pronunciation

Noun

(しろ)木耳(きくらげ) or 白木耳(シロキクラゲ) (shirokikurage

  1. a type of fungi belonging to the Tremellaceae family; Tremella fuciformis, snow fungus.

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).