芭蕉
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Chinese
| a kind of fragrant grass | banana | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (芭蕉) | 芭 | 蕉 | |
| simp. #(芭蕉) | 芭 | 蕉 | |
| alternative forms | 巴蕉 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): baa1 ziu1
- Gan (Wiktionary): 'ba1 jieu1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pâ-chêu
- Eastern Min (BUC): bă-ciĕu
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pa-chio / pa-chiau
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1pa-ciau; 1po-ciau
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bājiāo
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bajiao
- Wade–Giles: pa1-chiao1
- Yale: bā-jyāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bajiau
- Palladius: бацзяо (baczjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: баҗё (baži͡o, I-I) / баҗё (baži͡o, I-II)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pa²⁴ t͡ɕiɔː²⁴/, /pa²⁴ t͡ɕiɔː⁵¹/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: baa1 ziu1
- Yale: bā jīu
- Cantonese Pinyin: baa1 dziu1
- Guangdong Romanization: ba1 jiu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /paː⁵⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: 'ba1 jieu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˈpa⁴² t͡ɕiɛu⁴²/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pâ-chêu
- Hakka Romanization System: baˊ zeuˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ba1 zeu1
- Sinological IPA: /pa²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡seu̯²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: bă-ciĕu
- Sinological IPA (key): /pa⁵⁵ (t͡s-)ʒieu⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pa-chio
- Tâi-lô: pa-tsio
- Phofsit Daibuun: pacioy
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɤ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /pa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sio⁴⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sio⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pa-chiau
- Tâi-lô: pa-tsiau
- Phofsit Daibuun: paciaw
- IPA (Xiamen): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siau⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: pae tsjew
Noun
芭蕉
- Japanese banana (Musa basjoo) (Classifier: 隻／只 m c; 根 m; 條／条 m c)
- (～屬) Musa
- (～科) Musaceae
- (Luchuan Cantonese, Dungan, Eastern Min) banana
- (informal) plantain; banana
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 香蕉 (“banana”)
Derived terms
Descendants
Proper noun
芭蕉
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 芭 | 蕉 |
| ば Jinmeiyō |
しょう Jinmeiyō |
| kan'yōon | on'yomi |
Etymology
/baseu/ → /baɕeu/ → /baɕoː/
Possibly from Middle Chinese 芭蕉 (MC pae tsjew). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Written as はせを (pasewo → hasewo → haseo) in older texts.
Pronunciation
Noun
芭蕉 or 芭蕉 • (bashō) ←ばせう (baseu) or バセウ (baseu)?
- Japanese banana (Musa basjoo)
- Synonym: 庭見草 (niwamigusa)
- short for 芭蕉梶木 (bashō kajiki): Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus)
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as バショウ (bashō).
Derived terms
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Proper noun
- short for 松尾芭蕉 (Matsuo Bashō): Edo-period haikai and haiku poet