蜜蜂

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Chinese

honey bee; wasp
simp. and trad.
(蜜蜂)
2nd round simp. 宓夆
anagram 蜂蜜

Pronunciation


Note: bhêg8 - Jieyang.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (4) (3) (2)
Final () (48) (1) (7)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III I III
Fanqie
Baxter mjit buwng phjowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/miɪt̚/ /buŋ/ /pʰɨoŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/mit̚/ /buŋ/ /pʰioŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/mjet̚/ /buŋ/ /pʰioŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mit̚/ /bəwŋ/ /pʰuawŋ/
Li
Rong
/miĕt̚/ /buŋ/ /pʰioŋ/
Wang
Li
/mĭĕt̚/ /buŋ/ /pʰĭwoŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/mi̯ĕt̚/ /bʱuŋ/ /pʰi̯woŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
péng fēng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mat6 pung4 fung1
蜜蜂

Noun

蜜蜂

  1. bee; honeybee (Classifier: m c;  m)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蜜蜂):
  • Korean: 밀봉(蜜蜂) (milbong)
  • Vietnamese: mật ong (蜜蜂)

See also

Japanese

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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蜜蜂(みつばち) (mitsubachi): a honey bee.
Kanji in this term
みつ
Grade: S
はち > ばち
Grade: S
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

Compound of (mitsu, honey) +‎ (hachi, bee).[1][2][3] The hachi changes to bachi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

(みつ)(ばち) or 蜜蜂(ミツバチ) (mitsubachi

  1. honey bee

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 ミツバチ.

See also

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ 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