梅雨
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Chinese[edit]
| plum flower | rain | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (梅雨) |
梅 | 雨 | |
| Literally: “plum rain”. | |||
Etymology[edit]
Refers to the plums ripening during this rainy season.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄩˇ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meiyeu
- IPA (key): /meɪ̯³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: mui4 jyu5
- Yale: mùih yúh
- Cantonese Pinyin: mui4 jy5
- IPA (key): /muːi̯²¹ jyː¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mòi-yí
- Hakka Romanization System: moiˇ i`
- Hagfa Pinyim: moi2 yi3
- IPA: /mo̯i¹¹ i³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mòi-yí
- Hakka Romanization System: moiˇ (r)i`
- Hagfa Pinyim: moi2 yi3
- IPA: /mo̯i¹¹ (j)i³¹/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-ú
- Tâi-lô: muî-ú
- Phofsit Daibuun: muiuo
- IPA (Taipei): /mui²⁴⁻¹¹ u⁵³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /mui¹³⁻²² u⁵³/
- (Hokkien)
Noun[edit]
梅雨
References[edit]
East Asian rainy season on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:East Asian rainy season
Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 梅 | 雨 |
| Grade: 4 | Grade: 1 |
| Irregular | |
Etymology 1[edit]
Unclear. Likely theories include:
- May be cognate with Old Japanese-derived noun 露 (tsuyu, “dew, dewdrop”), from the way the rainy season causes everything to be covered in drops that may look like dew.
- Alternatively, may be cognate with Old Japanese-derived verb 熟ゆ (tsuyu, “to become ripe”, obsolete, replaced by modern form 熟える tsueru), as plums ripen during the rainy season.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
梅雨 (hiragana つゆ, romaji tsuyu)
Etymology 2[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 梅 | 雨 |
| ばい Grade: 4 |
う Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | |
From Middle Chinese compound 梅雨 (literally “plum + rain”), in poetic reference to the season when plums grow.[3][1]
Alternatively, the 黴雨 spelling may have been the original spelling. This is homophonous in Middle Chinese, and literally means mold + rain, in reference to how moldy things get during this season of constant humidity.[3][1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
梅雨 (hiragana ばいう, romaji baiu)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
Korean[edit]
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 梅 | 雨 |
Noun[edit]
- Hanja form? of 매우, “East Asian rainy season”.
Synonyms[edit]
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