烏梅

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See also: 乌梅

Chinese[edit]

 
a crow; black; not
a crow; black; not; empty; void
plum flower
trad. (烏梅)
simp. (乌梅)

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (34) (4)
Final () (23) (42)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter 'u mwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔuo/ /muʌi/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔuo/ /muoi/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔo/ /muɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔɔ/ /mwəj/
Li
Rong
/ʔo/ /muᴀi/
Wang
Li
/u/ /muɒi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔuo/ /muɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
méi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wu1 mui4

Noun[edit]

烏梅

  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) smoked ume; dark plum

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Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic (烏梅):
  • Japanese: 烏梅(うばい) (ubai)
  • Vietnamese: ô mai (烏梅)

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
ばい
Grade: 4
Alternative spelling
烏梅 (kyūjitai)

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Chinese 烏梅 (MC 'u mwoj, literally “crow + plum”). The (crow) character here is used for its metaphoric meaning of black.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

()(ばい) (ubai

  1. (medicine) an unripe Japanese ume that has been smoked over a fire until black, used as a pigment and in traditional medicines to treat inflammation of the throat

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References[edit]

  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, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN