水母
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Chinese
| water; river | female; mother | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (水母) |
水 | 母 | |
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Why "mother"?”)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shuěimǔ
- Wade–Giles: shui3-mu3
- Yale: shwěi-mǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeimuu
- Palladius: шуйму (šujmu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: seoi2 mou5
- Yale: séui móuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: soey2 mou5
- Guangdong Romanization: sêu2 mou5
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɵy̯³⁵ mou̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: sywijX muwX
Noun
水母
- jellyfish (Classifier: 隻／只; 條／条)
- 《廣志》曰：水母，如羊胃，在海中常浮，聞人聲沉水底。可生切食。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 太平御覽
- “Guǎngzhì” yuē: shuǐmǔ, rú yáng wèi, zài hǎizhōng cháng fú, wén rénshēng chén shuǐdǐ. Kě shēng qiè shí.
- The Guangzhi says: "Jellyfish resemble the stomach of a goat, and constantly float in the ocean. When it hears the voice of people, it sinks to the bottom of the water. It can be sliced and eaten raw."
《广志》曰：水母，如羊胃，在海中常浮，闻人声沉水底。可生切食。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
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Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 水 | 母 |
| くらげ | |
| Grade: 1 | Grade: 2 |
| jukujikun | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 海月 |
⟨kurage1⟩ → */kuraᵑɡʲe/ → /kuraɡe/
From Old Japanese. The kanji is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓).
Pronunciation
Noun
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 クラゲ.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Idioms
- 水母の骨 (kurage no hone, “jellyfish bones → something exceedingly rare; something that one would not expect to exist”)
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 水 | 母 |
| すい Grade: 1 |
ぼ Grade: 2 |
| kan'on | |
From Middle Chinese 水母 (MC sywijX muwX).
Pronunciation
Noun
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 | |
|---|---|
| 水 | 母 |