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Chinese
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a whip or lash; to flog; slash or whip
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hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
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simp. and trad. (鞭毛)
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鞭
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毛
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Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鞭毛 (benmō) (Huang, 2020).
Pronunciation
Noun
鞭毛
- (biology) flagellum
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
鞭毛 • (benmō) ←べんもう (benmou)?
- flagellum
References
Korean
Noun
鞭毛 • (pyeonmo) (hangeul 편모)
- hanja form? of 편모 (“flagellum”)
Vietnamese
Noun
鞭毛
- chữ Hán form of tiên mao (“flagellum”).