苜蓿
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Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (苜蓿) | 苜 | 蓿 | |
| simp. #(苜蓿) | 苜 | 蓿 | |
| alternative forms | 目宿 牧宿 牧蓿 木粟 | ||
Etymology
Borrowed from a Central Asian language during the Han Dynasty (Laufer, 1967). Compare Tibetan བུག་སུག (bug sug, “alfalfa; bird's-foot trefoil”), Ladakhi (bukhsukh, “Nepeta salviifolia, now Nepeta racemosa”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ˙ㄒㄩ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mùsyů
- Wade–Giles: mu4-hsü5
- Yale: mù-syu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muh.shiu
- Palladius: мусюй (musjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mu⁵¹ ɕy¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, common variant in Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄙㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mùsù
- Wade–Giles: mu4-su4
- Yale: mù-sù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhsuh
- Palladius: мусу (musu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ su⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: muk6 suk1
- Yale: muhk sūk
- Cantonese Pinyin: muk9 suk7
- Guangdong Romanization: mug6 sug1
- Sinological IPA (key): /mʊk̚² sʊk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: mjuwk sjuwk
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*muɡ suɡ/
Noun
苜蓿
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 苜 | 蓿 |
| もく Hyōgai |
しゅく Hyōgai |
| on'yomi | |