山梨
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山梨 (yamanashi): the leaves and fruit of the Asian pear.
Chinese
| mountain; hill | pear | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (山梨) | 山 | 梨 | |
| simp. #(山梨) | 山 | 梨 | |
| anagram | 梨山 | ||
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 山梨 (yamanashi)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄌㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shanlí
- Wade–Giles: shan1-li2
- Yale: shān-lí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanli
- Palladius: шаньли (šanʹli)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂän⁵⁵ li³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: saan1 lei4
- Yale: sāan lèih
- Cantonese Pinyin: saan1 lei4
- Guangdong Romanization: san1 léi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /saːn⁵⁵ lei̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
山梨
Derived terms
Proper noun
山梨
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 山 | 梨 |
| やま Grade: 1 |
なし Grade: 4 |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology
Compound of 山 (yama, “mountain”) + 梨 (nashi, “pear”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
- Pyrus pyrifolia, especially P. p. var. pyrifolia: nashi pear, sand pear, Asian pear, apple pear
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 ヤマナシ.
Proper noun
- Yamanashi (a city in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan)
- Yamanashi (a prefecture in south eastern Honshu, Japan)
Alternative forms
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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