玉蜀黍
Chinese
editjade | sorghum | ||
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trad. (玉蜀黍) | 玉 | 蜀黍 | |
simp. #(玉蜀黍) | 玉 | 蜀黍 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄕㄨˇ ㄕㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yùshǔshǔ
- Wade–Giles: yü4-shu3-shu3
- Yale: yù-shǔ-shǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhshuushuu
- Palladius: юйшушу (jujšušu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /y⁵¹ ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: juk6 suk6 syu2
- Yale: yuhk suhk syú
- Cantonese Pinyin: juk9 suk9 sy2
- Guangdong Romanization: yug6 sug6 xu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /jʊk̚² sʊk̚² syː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
edit玉蜀黍
Synonyms
editDescendants
editOthers:
Japanese
editKanji in this term | ||
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玉 | 蜀 | 黍 |
とうもろこし | ||
Grade: 1 | Hyōgai | Hyōgai |
jukujikun |
Etymology
edit/taumorokoɕi/ → /tɔːmorokoɕi/ → /toːmorokoɕi/
Originally a compound of 唐 (tō, “Tang Dynasty; China in general; (by extension) foreign”) + もろこし (morokoshi, “sorghum”),[1] from the visual similarities between the sorghum and maize plants.
The spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓) from Chinese,[1] and appears to be a compound of 玉 (yù, “jade, jewel”) + 蜀黍 (shǔshǔ, “sorghum”, literally “Shu millet”). Compare modern Mandarin 玉蜀黍 (yùshǔshǔ, “maize”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit玉蜀黍 or 玉蜀黍 • (tōmorokoshi) ←たうもろこし (taumorokosi)?
- maize, corn (especially corn on the cob)
Usage notes
editMore common usage of the term is in katakana (トウモロコシ) or hiragana (とうもろこし) and perhaps never in kanji (玉蜀黍). For loose-kernel corn, the more common term in Japanese is コーン (kōn).
References
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- ja:Maize (plant)