大蒜

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	garlic
simp. and trad. (大蒜)		大	蒜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàsuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ syun³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-son

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: dàsuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahsuann
    • IPA ^(key): /ta̠⁵¹⁻⁵³ su̯a̠n⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ syun³
    • Yale: daaih syun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ syn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ xun³
    • IPA ^(key): /tɑːi̯²² ɕyːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-son
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai son
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ son⁴
    • IPA: /tʰa̯i⁵⁵ son⁵⁵/

Noun

大蒜

1. garlic

See also

• 蒜頭／蒜头 (suàntóu)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大	蒜
Grade: 1	Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Said to be from 忍辱.

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) にんにく [nìńníkú] (Heiban - [0])
  • IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ĩɲ̟ɲ̟ikɯ̟ᵝ]

Alternative forms

• 蒜, 葫

Noun

大蒜 (hiragana にんにく, katakana ニンニク, rōmaji ninniku)

1. garlic
   • ツタンカーメンの墓 (はか)に大蒜 (にんにく)は見付 (みつ)かりました。

     Tsutankāmen no haka ni ninniku wa mitsukarimashita.

     Garlic was found in Tutankhaman's tomb.

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts, as ニンニク.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大	蒜
おお Grade: 1	ひる > びる Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

大 (ō, “big”) +‎ 蒜 (hiru, “allium”)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [o̞ːbiɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

大蒜 (hiragana おおびる, rōmaji ōbiru, historical hiragana おほびる)

1. garlic

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Korean

Hanja in this term
大	蒜

Noun

大蒜 • (daesan) (hangeul 대산)

1. Hanja form^? of 대산, “garlic”.