胡麻

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Chinese

barbarian; recklessly; surname
(to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp
(to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp; numb; to bother
 
trad. (胡麻) 胡 麻
simp. #(胡麻) 胡 麻
Literally: “foreign hemp”.
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Etymology

This word originally referred to flax (Linum usitatissimum), an import from the Western Regions, but was later confounded with sesame. For more on the background, see Laufer (1967).

Pronunciation

Noun

胡麻

  1. flax (Linum usitatissimum); linseed
  2. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 芝麻 (“sesame”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 芝麻, 胡麻
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 芝麻
Taiwan 芝麻
Langfang 芝麻
Harbin 芝麻
Singapore 芝麻
Jilu Mandarin Tangshan 芝麻
Cangzhou 芝麻
Baoding 芝麻
Shijiazhuang 芝麻
Jinan 芝麻
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 芝麻
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 芝麻
Daming 芝麻
Wanrong 芝麻
Xi'an 芝麻
Xining 芝麻
Xuzhou 芝麻
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 芝麻
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 芝麻
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 芝麻
Lanzhou 芝麻
Ürümqi 芝麻
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 芝麻
Wuhan 芝麻, 麻子
Kunming 芝麻
Guilin 芝麻
Liuzhou 芝麻, 油麻
Mae Salong (Lancang) 芝麻
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 芝麻
Pematangsiantar 芝麻
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 芝麻
Yangzhou 芝麻
Hefei 芝麻
Cantonese Guangzhou 芝麻
Hong Kong 芝麻
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 芝麻
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 芝麻
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 芝麻
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 芝麻
Macau 芝麻
Guangzhou (Panyu) 芝麻
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 芝麻
Guangzhou (Conghua) 芝麻
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 芝麻
Foshan 芝麻
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 芝麻
Foshan (Shunde) 芝麻
Foshan (Sanshui) 芝麻
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 芝麻
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 芝麻
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 芝麻
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 芝麻
Zhuhai (Doumen) 芝麻
Jiangmen (Baisha) 芝麻
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 芝麻
Taishan 芝麻
Kaiping (Chikan) 芝麻
Enping (Niujiang) 芝麻
Heshan (Yayao) 芝麻
Dongguan 油麻
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 油麻
Qingyuan 芝麻
Fogang 芝麻
Yingde (Hanguang) 芝麻
Yangshan 芝麻
Lianshan (Butian) 麻子
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 麻子
Shaoguan 芝麻
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 芝麻
Renhua 芝麻
Lechang 芝麻
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 芝麻
Sihui 芝麻
Guangning 芝麻
Deqing 芝麻
Huaiji 芝麻
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 麻仔
Yunfu 油麻
Xinxing 芝麻
Luoding 芝麻
Yunan (Pingtai) 芝麻
Yangjiang 油麻
Xinyi 芝麻
Lianjiang 芝麻
Nanning 芝麻
Wuzhou 芝麻
Yulin 芝麻
Hepu (Lianzhou) 芝麻, 油麻
Hepu (Shatian) 油麻
Beihai 油麻
Beihai (Nankang) 油麻
Beihai (Yingpan) 油麻
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 芝麻, 油麻
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 芝麻
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 芝麻, 油麻
Danzhou 油麻
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 芝麻
Singapore (Guangfu) 芝麻
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 芝麻
Móng Cái 芝麻, 油麻
Bangkok (Guangfu) 芝麻
Gan Nanchang 芝麻
Lichuan 麻仔, 芝麻
Pingxiang 芝麻, 麻子
Hakka Meixian 麻仔, 麻
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 油麻
Dongguan (Qingxi) 油麻
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 油麻
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 油麻
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 芝麻
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 麻哩
Wuhua (Huacheng) 麻哩
Wuhua (Changbu) 油麻哩
Wuhua (Mianyang) 麻哩
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 油麻
Jiexi 油麻
Ninghua 麻仔
Yudu 芝麻
Shicheng 麻
Shangyou (Shexi) 麻子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 麻仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 麻仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 麻仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 麻
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 麻仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 麻子
Hong Kong 油麻
Luchuan (Daqiao) 芝麻
Sabah (Longchuan) 芝麻, 麻
Senai (Huiyang) 油麻
Singkawang 油麻
Bangkok (Jiexi) 油麻
Huizhou Jixi 油麻
Jin Taiyuan 芝麻
Pingyao 芝麻
Xinzhou 芝麻
Hohhot 芝麻
Zhangjiakou 芝麻
Handan 芝麻
Jiuxing Yumin Lanxi 芝麻
Northern Min Jian'ou 麻仔
Jianyang 麻仔
Eastern Min Fuzhou 芝麻, 油麻
Fuqing 油麻
Southern Min Xiamen 麻
Quanzhou 麻
Jinjiang 油麻
Zhangzhou 麻
Dongshan 麻
Penang (Hokkien) 麻
Singapore (Hokkien) 麻, 油麻
Manila (Hokkien) 麻
Longyan 油麻
Datian 油麻
Pingnan (Shangdu) 油麻
Chaozhou 油麻
Shantou 油麻
Shantou (Chenghai) 油麻
Shantou (Chaoyang) 油麻
Nan'ao (Houzhai) 油麻
Nan'ao (Yun'ao) 油麻
Jieyang 油麻
Lufeng 油麻
Haifeng 油麻
Bangkok (Teochew) 油麻
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 油麻
Pontianak (Teochew) 油麻
Leizhou 麻葈
Wenchang 油麻
Haikou 油麻
Puxian Min Putian 芝麻
Xianyou 油麻
Central Min Yong'an 麻, 油麻
Sanming (Sanyuan) 麻
Sanming (Shaxian) 麻
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 油麻
Sanxiang 油麻
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 芝麻
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 油麻
Lingchuan (Shuangzhou) 芝麻
Wu Shanghai 芝麻
Shanghai (Chongming) 芝麻
Suzhou 芝麻
Danyang 芝麻
Hangzhou 芝麻
Ningbo 芝麻
Wenzhou 芝麻
Jinhua 油麻
Xiang Changsha 芝麻
Loudi 油麻籽
Shuangfeng 油麻, 芝麻
Quanzhou 油麻

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (胡麻):
  • → Japanese: 胡麻(ごま) (goma)
  • → Korean: 호마(胡麻) (homa)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
胡 麻
ご
Jinmeiyō 		ま
Grade: S
goon kan’yōon
 ゴマ on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

胡(ご)麻(ま) or 胡麻(ゴマ) • (goma) 

  1. sesame (Sesamum indicum), both plant and seeds

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