木須
Chinese
tree; wood | phonetic | ||
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trad. (木須) | 木 | 須 | |
simp. (木须) | 木 | 须 |
Etymology
From the flower of the plant 木樨 (mùxī, “sweet osmanthus”), due to a similar appearance.
Qing-dynasty official and writer Liang Gongchen recorded the following in his Scribbled Notes on the Gardens of the North and East, 3:
- 北方店中以雞子炒肉,名木樨肉,蓋取其有碎黃色也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- Běifāng diàn zhōng yǐ jīzǐ chǎo ròu, míng mùxī ròu, gài qǔ qí yǒu suì huáng sè yě. [Pinyin]
- In shops of northern China, people stir-fry meat with eggs and call the dish “muxi pork”, because of its mottled yellow appearance.
北方店中以鸡子炒肉,名木樨肉,盖取其有碎黄色也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
The pronunciation is due to assimilation of vowel roundness.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄒㄩ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mùsyu
- Wade–Giles: mu4-hsü1
- Yale: mù-syū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhshiu
- Palladius: мусюй (musjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mu⁵¹ ɕy⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: muk6 seoi1
- Yale: muhk sēui
- Cantonese Pinyin: muk9 soey1
- Guangdong Romanization: mug6 sêu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /mʊk̚² sɵy̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 木須
- scrambled eggs, as cooked in dishes such as moo shu pork or egg drop soup
Synonyms
- 木樨 (mùxī)
Derived terms
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Descendants
- → English: moo shu