梅雨
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Chinese[edit]
| plum flower | rain | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (梅雨) |
梅 | 雨 | |
| alt. forms | 霉雨 | ||
| Literally: “plum rain”. | |||
Etymology[edit]
Refers to the plums ripening during this rainy season.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: mui4 jyu5
- Yale: mùih yúh
- Cantonese Pinyin: mui4 jy5
- Guangdong Romanization: mui4 yu5
- 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
Noun[edit]
梅雨
References[edit]
East Asian rainy season on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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. However, the pitch accent differs, as 露 has patterns 1 or 2, while 梅雨 has pattern 0.
- 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. In light of the pitch accent, this derivation appears more likely.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
梅雨 (hiragana つゆ, rōmaji 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, rōmaji 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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