煙草

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Cantonese [edit]

Cantonese: yin1 cho2

Noun [edit]

煙草

  1. tobacco

Japanese [edit]

Kanji in this term

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Portuguese tabaco. The kanji are ateji.

Alternative forms [edit]

Noun [edit]

煙草 (hiragana たばこ, katakana タバコ, romaji tabako)

  1. tobacco, cigar
Synonyms [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

/en'sau/ > /en'soː/. The on'yomi reading of the kanji 煙草.

Noun [edit]

煙草 (hiragana えんそう, romaji en'sō, historical hiragana えんさう)

  1. tobacco, cigar

Mandarin [edit]

simpl. 烟草
trad.

Noun [edit]

煙草 (traditional, Pinyin yāncǎo, simplified 烟草)

  1. tobacco