薄荷
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Chinese
thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint |
peppermint; to carry burden; lotus | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (薄荷) | 薄 | 荷 | |
| simp. #(薄荷) | 薄 | 荷 | |
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bok6 ho4
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): bok5 ho3
- Gan (Wiktionary): po5 ho
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): bó̤-hô̤
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6bu-hu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ → ㄅㄛˋ ˙ㄏㄜ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: bòhe̊
- Wade–Giles: po4-ho5
- Yale: bwò-he
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: boh.her
- Palladius: бохэ (boxɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu̯ɔ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/ → /pu̯ɔ⁵¹ xə¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bok6 ho4
- Yale: bohk hòh
- Cantonese Pinyin: bok9 ho4
- Guangdong Romanization: bog6 ho4
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɔːk̚² hɔː²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: bok5 ho3
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɔk̚³² hᵘɔ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: po5 ho
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰo¹¹ ho¹/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pho̍k-hò
- Hakka Romanization System: pog hoˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: pog6 ho2
- Sinological IPA: /pʰok̚⁵ ho¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: pogˋ ho
- Sinological IPA: /pʰok² ho⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bó̤-hô̤
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɔ⁵⁴ xɔ³³/
- (Jian'ou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍h-hô
- Tâi-lô: po̍h-hô
- Phofsit Daibuun: poiqhooi
- IPA (Xiamen): /po(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ho²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k-hô
- Tâi-lô: po̍k-hô
- Phofsit Daibuun: poghooi
- IPA (Taipei): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² ho²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² hɤ²³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: bo7 ho3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pō hò
- Sinological IPA (key): /po¹¹ ho²¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Wu
Noun
薄荷
- mint (Mentha spp., especially Mentha canadensis) or mint-like plant
Derived terms
Descendants
Others:
- → Zhuang: bozhoz
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 薄 | 荷 |
| はく > はっ Grade: S |
か Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi | |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 薄荷.
Pronunciation
Noun
薄荷 or 薄荷 • (hakka) ←はくか (fakuka) or ハクカ (fakuka)?
- Synonym of ミント (minto, “mint”) (plant)
- Short for 日本薄荷 (Nihon hakka, “Japanese mint”).
- (traditional Chinese medicine) dried mint leaves used in medicine
- Synonym: 薄荷葉 (hakkayō)
Derived terms
Derived terms
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 薄 | 荷 |
Noun
Okinawan
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 薄 | 荷 |
| Grade: S | Grade: 3 |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 薄荷. Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as はくか.[1]
Noun
薄荷 or 薄荷 (fakka or hakka)
References
- ^ Nakamoto, Masayo (中本政世) (1896) 沖縄語典 [Documentation of the Language of Okinawa], Hikone (彦根市): Eishōdō (永昌堂), , page 80
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
|---|---|
| 薄 | 荷 |
Noun
薄荷