胡椒

Chinese

		barbarian; recklessly; surname	pepper
trad. (胡椒)		胡	椒
simp. #(胡椒)		胡	椒
alternative forms		楜椒

Etymology

“Foreign pepper”. The principal time of import to China was estimated to be during the Tang dynasty, and the source―per the miscellany Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang of the 9^th century CE―was the Magadha Kingdom of India, where it was called 昧履支 (MC mwojH lijX tsye) locally; cf. Sanskrit मरिच (marica, “black pepper”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): hújiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄠ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fu² jiao¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ ziu¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): fu⁴ jieu
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fù-chêu
• Eastern Min (BUC): hù-ciĕu^→siĕu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hô͘-chio

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hou⁵ zio¹ / hou⁵ ziê¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶wu-ciau
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fu² ziau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hújiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hújiao
    • Wade–Giles: hu²-chiao¹
    • Yale: hú-jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwujiau
    • Palladius: хуцзяо (xuczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: fu² jiao¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fu giao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹ t͡ɕiau⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁴ ziu¹
    • Yale: wùh jīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ dziu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ jiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: fu⁴ jieu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ t͡ɕiɛu²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fù-chêu
    • Hakka Romanization System: fuˇ zeu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fu² zeu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹ t͡seu̯²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hù-ciĕu^→siĕu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)lieu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô͘-chio
    • Tâi-lô: hôo-tsio
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hocioy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡sio⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡sio³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ¹³⁻²² t͡sio⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sio⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ²³⁻³³ t͡siɤ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hou⁵ zio¹ / hou⁵ ziê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hôu tsio / hôu tsie
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sio³³/, /hou⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sie³³/

Note: hou5 ziê1 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶wu-ciau
    • MiniDict: wu^去 ciau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhu-jiau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²² t͡ɕiɔ⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: fu² ziau¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ɸu¹³ t͡si̯ɒu̯³³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ɸu¹³ t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯³³/

Noun

胡椒

1. pepper, especially black pepper (both the plant and the spice)
2. Short for 胡椒粉 (hújiāofěn, “pepper powder”).
3. (Eastern Min) nonsense; bullshit
4. (dialectal Mandarin) chili pepper; red pepper

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 辣椒 (“chili pepper”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		辣椒
Taxonomic name		辣椒
Mandarin	Beijing	辣椒, 秦椒
	Taiwan	辣椒
	Tianjin	辣子
	Chengde	辣椒
	Tangshan	辣椒
	Cangzhou	辣椒
	Baoding	辣椒, 秦椒
	Shijiazhuang	辣子
	Chifeng	辣椒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	辣椒, 尖兒椒
	Heihe	辣椒
	Qiqihar	辣椒, 秦椒
	Harbin	辣椒
	Jiamusi	辣椒, 小辣椒, 尖椒
	Baicheng	辣椒
	Changchun	辣椒, 尖兒椒
	Tonghua	辣椒
	Shenyang	辣椒, 辣子
	Dandong	辣椒
	Jinzhou	辣椒
	Dalian	辣椒
	Yantai	辣椒
	Yantai (Muping)	辣椒
	Qingdao	辣椒
	Lijin	辣椒, 辣子
	Zhucheng	辣椒, 椒子
	Jinan	辣椒
	Jining	秦椒
	Luoyang	辣椒, 秦椒
	Wanrong	秦椒
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	麻椒
	Shangqiu	辣椒, 秦椒
	Yuanyang	辣椒, 辣子
	Zhengzhou	辣椒, 秦椒
	Lingbao	秦椒, 辣子
	Xinyang	辣椒
	Baihe	大辣子
	Hanzhong	辣椒, 辣子
	Xi'an	辣椒, 辣子
	Baoji	辣子
	Yinchuan	辣子, 辣角子
	Tianshui	辣椒
	Lanzhou	辣椒, 辣子
	Dunhuang	辣子
	Xining	辣子, 辣角兒
	Hami	辣子
	Ürümqi	辣子
	Jimsar	辣子
	Wuhan	辣椒, 辣子, 大胡椒
	Yichang	辣椒, 辣子
	Xiangyang	辣椒, 辣子
	Tianmen	辣椒, 辣子, 海椒
	Hong'an	辣椒, 大椒
	Chengdu	海椒, 辣子
	Nanchong	辣椒, 辣子, 海椒
	Dazhou	辣子
	Hanyuan	海椒
	Xichang	海椒
	Zigong	辣椒, 海椒
	Chongqing	海椒
	Guiyang	辣角, 辣椒
	Zunyi	海椒
	Bijie	海椒
	Liping	廣椒
Zhaotong	辣椒, 海椒
Dali	辣子
Kunming	辣椒, 辣子
Mengzi	辣子
Guilin	辣椒
Liuzhou	辣椒
Jishou	辣子
Changde	辣椒
Anqing	辣椒, 大椒
Xuzhou	辣椒兒, 辣椒
Fuyang	辣椒, 辣子, 大椒
Wuhu	辣椒, 大椒
Yangzhou	辣椒, 大椒
Lianyungang	辣椒, 大椒
Lianshui	大椒
Nanjing	胡椒, 辣椒
Hefei	辣椒, 大椒, 大椒子
Chuzhou	大椒, 胡椒
Nantong	辣椒, 班椒
Malaysia	辣椒
Singapore	辣椒
Dagudi (Maliba)	辣子
Reshuitang (Longling)	辣子
Mae Salong (Lancang)	辣子
Mae Sai (Tengchong)	辣子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	辣椒
	Hong Kong	辣椒
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	辣椒
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	辣椒
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	辣椒
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	辣椒
	Macau	辣椒
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	辣椒
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	辣椒
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	辣椒
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	辣椒
	Foshan	辣椒
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	辣椒
	Foshan (Shunde)	辣椒
	Foshan (Sanshui)	辣椒
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	辣椒
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	辣椒
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	辣椒
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	辣椒
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	辣椒
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	辣椒
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	辣椒
	Taishan	辣椒
	Kaiping (Chikan)	辣椒
	Enping (Niujiang)	辣椒
	Heshan (Yayao)	辣椒
	Dongguan	辣椒
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	辣椒
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	辣椒
	Shaoguan	辣椒
	Yunfu	辣椒
	Yangjiang	辣椒
	Xinyi	辣椒
	Lianjiang	辣椒
	Nanning	辣椒
	Wuzhou	辣椒
	Yulin	辣椒
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	辣椒
	Danzhou	番椒
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	辣椒
	Singapore (Guangfu)	辣椒
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	辣椒
Gan	Nanchang	辣椒
	Pengze	辣椒
	Lichuan	辣椒
	Pingxiang	辣椒
	Jianning	茄椒
	Taining	番椒
Hakka	Meixian	辣椒
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	辣椒
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	辣椒
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	辣椒
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	辣椒
	Conghua (Lütian)	辣椒
	Changting	番椒
	Wuping	番椒子
	Liancheng	閉椒
	Ninghua	茄椒, 椒子
	Qingliu	辣椒
	Yudu	辣椒
	Ruijin	辣子
	Shicheng	茄椒
	Shangyou (Shexi)	辣椒
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	辣椒仔, 番椒
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	辣椒仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	辣椒仔, 番椒
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	辣椒
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	辣椒, 辣椒仔, 番椒
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	薟椒
	Hong Kong	辣椒
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	辣椒
	Sabah (Longchuan)	辣椒
	Senai (Huiyang)	辣椒
	Singkawang	薟椒
	Pontianak (Meixian)	辣椒
Huizhou	Jixi	辣茄
	Shexian	辣茄兒, 辣椒
	Tunxi	辣椒
	Xiuning	辣椒
	Yixian	辣角兒
	Qimen	辣夾兒
	Wuyuan	辣椒
Jin	Taiyuan	辣角角, 尖辣角, 辣角子
	Pingyao	辣角角
	Yangyuan	辣椒
	Datong	辣角兒
	Xinzhou	辣角子
	Lishi	辣子, 辣角角
	Linfen	辣椒
	Changzhi	辣椒, 辣子
	Linhe	辣角子, 辣子
	Jining	辣椒
	Hohhot	辣子
	Erenhot	辣椒
	Pingshan	辣椒兒
	Zhangjiakou	辣椒
	Handan	辣椒, 秦椒, 辣子
	Linzhou	秦椒
	Suide	辣子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	番椒
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	番椒
	Songxi	辣椒
	Zhenghe	番椒
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	番椒
	Jianyang	番椒
	Wuyishan	番椒
	Pucheng (Shibei)	番椒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	番椒, 辣椒
	Fuqing	辣椒
	Fu'an	辣茄
	Shouning	番椒
	Youxi	辣椒
	Youxi (Xiyang, Xibin)	辣椒
	Youxi (Tiantang, Yangzhong)	番椒
	Youxi (Tangchuan)	番椒
	Youxi (Zhongxian)	辣椒
Southern Min	Xiamen	番薑, 番椒
	Quanzhou	番薑
	Jinjiang	番椒
	Yongchun	番薑
	Zhangzhou	番薑
	Pinghe	辣椒, 番椒
	Taipei	辣椒, 番薑仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	番薑仔
	Kaohsiung	番仔薑, 薟椒仔
	Yilan	番薑仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	番薑仔, 薟薑仔
	Taichung	薟椒仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	薟椒仔
	Tainan	番仔薑
	Taitung	薟椒仔
	Hsinchu	番薑, 薟薑
	Kinmen	辣椒
	Penghu (Magong)	番薑, 番仔薑
	Penang (Hokkien)	番椒
	Singapore (Hokkien)	薟椒
	Manila (Hokkien)	紅辣椒
	Zhangping	番椒仔
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	番椒仔
	Datian	番薑仔
	Datian (Guangping)	麻椒
	Youxi (Jiemian, Banmian)	辣椒
	Youxi (Longyi, Xinyang)	麻椒
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	辣椒
	Chaozhou	薟椒
	Shantou	薟椒
	Shantou (Chenghai)	薟椒
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	薟椒
	Jieyang	薟椒, 金橄欖
	Haifeng	薟椒
	Bangkok (Teochew)	薟椒
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	薟椒
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	薟椒
	Singapore (Teochew)	薟椒
	Pontianak (Teochew)	薟椒
	Leizhou	秦椒
	Wenchang	番椒
	Haikou	番椒
	Qionghai	番椒
	Singapore (Hainanese)	番椒
Puxian Min	Putian	辣椒
	Xianyou	番茄
Central Min	Yong'an	胡椒鼻
	Sanyuan	茄椒
	Shaxian	麻椒
	Yanping (Wangtai)	紅椒
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	番椒
	Guangze	番椒
	Jiangle	番椒
	Mingxi	椒
	Shunchang	番椒
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	辣椒
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	辣椒
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	辣椒
	Lingchuan (Shuangzhou)	辣椒
Shehua	Fu'an	辣茄
	Fuding	辣茄
	Luoyuan	番茄
	Sanming	辣椒
	Shunchang	番椒
	Hua'an	番薑
	Cangnan	辣茄
	Jingning	辣椒
	Lishui	辣椒
	Longyou	辣椒
	Chaozhou	薟椒
	Fengshun	辣椒
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	辣子
	Luxi (Lijiatian)	辣子
Wu	Shanghai	辣椒
	Shanghai (Chongming)	辣椒
	Suzhou	辣火, 辣椒
	Wuxi	辣椒
	Danyang	辣椒
	Hangzhou	辣茄兒, 辣椒
	Ningbo	辣茄, 辣椒
	Wenzhou	番薑, 辣薑, 番椒, 辣椒
	Jinhua	辣虎兒, 辣虎
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	辣虎
Xiang	Changsha	辣椒, 辣椒子
	Loudi	辣椒
	Shuangfeng	辣子
	Jiangyong	辣薑
	Quanzhou	海椒

Derived terms

• 四川胡椒 (Sìchuān hújiāo)
• 山胡椒 (shānhújiāo)
• 牙買加胡椒／牙买加胡椒 (Yámǎijiā hújiāo)
• 白胡椒 (báihújiāo)
• 紅胡椒／红胡椒
• 綠胡椒／绿胡椒
• 胡椒嗪
• 胡椒噴霧／胡椒喷雾 (hújiāo pēnwù)
• 胡椒子
• 胡椒海岸
• 胡椒瓶 (hújiāopíng)
• 胡椒眼
• 胡椒粉 (hújiāofěn)
• 胡椒莓
• 胡椒薄荷 (hújiāobòhé)
• 胡椒酒
• 胡椒酸
• 胡椒醛 (hújiāoquán)
• 胡椒餅／胡椒饼 (hújiāobǐng)
• 胡椒鯛／胡椒鲷
• 胡椒鹽／胡椒盐
• 胡椒麵／胡椒面 (hújiāomiàn)
• 黑胡椒 (hēihújiāo)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
胡	椒
こ Jinmeiyō	しょう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 胡椒 (hújiāo).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こしょ​ー [kòshóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ɕo̞ː]

Noun

胡(こ)椒(しょう) or 胡椒(コショウ) • (koshō) ^{←こせう (koseu) or コセウ (koseu)?}

1. pepper

See also

• 白(しろ)胡(こ)椒(しょう) (shirokoshō, “white pepper”)
• 黒(くろ)胡(こ)椒(しょう) (kurokoshō, “black pepper”)
• 粒(つぶ)胡(こ)椒(しょう) (tsubukoshō, “grain pepper”)