梅雨

Chinese

		plum flower	rain
trad. (梅雨)		梅	雨
simp. #(梅雨)		梅	雨
alternative forms		霉雨
Literally: “plum rain”.

Etymology

Refers to the season where plums ripen.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méiyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴ jyu⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mòi-yí
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mûi-ú / bôe-í

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méiyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méiyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: mei²-yü³
    • Yale: méi-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meiyeu
    • Palladius: мэйюй (mɛjjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mui⁴ jyu⁵
    • Yale: mùih yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹ jyː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mòi-yí
    • Hakka Romanization System: moiˇ i`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: moi<sup>2</sup> yi<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /moi̯¹¹ i³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mòi-yí
    • Hakka Romanization System: moiˇ (r)i`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: moi² yi³
    • Sinological IPA: /moi̯¹¹ (j)i³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-ú
    • Tâi-lô: muî-ú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mui'uo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /muĩ²³⁻³³ u⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /muĩ²⁴⁻²² u⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /muĩ²⁴⁻²² u⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /muĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ u⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôe-í
    • Tâi-lô: buê-í
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boe'ie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue¹³⁻²² i⁵³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 梅雨

1. East Asian rainy season

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (梅雨):

• → Japanese:
• → Korean: 매우(梅雨) (mae'u)

See also

• 夏糜

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
梅	雨
つゆ
Grade: 4	Grade: 1
jukujikun

Alternative spellings
梅雨 (kyūjitai) 黴雨

First attested in the mid-Muromachi period.

Derivation unclear, likely theories include:

• May be cognate with 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 (tsuyu) has either an 頭高型 (atamadaka-gata) or 尾高型 (odaka-gata) pattern, while 梅雨 (tsuyu) has a 平板型 (heiban-gata) pattern.
• Alternatively, may be cognate with classical verb 熟ゆ (tsuyu, modern 熟える (tsueru), “to become ripe”), as plums ripen during the rainy season. In light of the pitch accent and semantics, this derivation appears more likely.

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 梅雨 (méiyǔ).

Noun

梅雨(つゆ) • (tsuyu) 

1. the East Asian rainy season (from early June to early/mid-July)

   Synonym: 五月雨 (samidare)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 梅雨上(つゆあ)がり (tsuyuagari)
• 梅雨明(つゆあ)け (tsuyuake)
• 梅雨入(つゆい)り (tsuyuiri)
• 梅雨(つゆ)型(がた) (tsuyugata)
• 梅雨(つゆ)曇(ぐも)り (tsuyugumori)
• 梅雨(つゆ)寒(ざむ) (tsuyuzamu)
• 梅雨(つゆ)空(ぞら) (tsuyuzora)
• 梅雨(つゆ)茸(たけ) (tsuyutake)
• 梅雨(つゆ)時(どき) (tsuyudoki)
• 梅雨(つゆ)の入(い)り (tsuyu no iri)
• 梅雨(つゆ)の戻(もど)り (tsuyu no modori)
• 梅雨晴(つゆば)れ (tsuyubare)
• 梅雨冷(つゆび)え (tsuyubie)
• 蝦夷(えぞ)梅雨(つゆ) (Ezo tsuyu)
• 送(おく)り梅雨(づゆ) (okurizuyu)
• 返(かえ)り梅雨(づゆ) (kaerizuyu)
• 空(から)梅雨(つゆ) (karatsuyu)
• 黄梅雨(きつゆ) (kitsuyu)
• 筍(たけのこ)梅雨(づゆ) (takenoko-zuyu)
• 照(て)り梅雨(つゆ) (teritsuyu)
• 菜(な)種(たね)梅雨(づゆ) (natanezuyu)
• 残(のこ)り梅雨(づゆ) (nokorizuyu)
• 戻(もど)り梅雨(づゆ) (modorizuyu)

Idioms

• 梅雨(つゆ)の中休(なかやす)み (tsuyu no nakayasumi)
• 梅雨(つゆ)の走(はし)り (tsuyu no hashiri), 走(はし)り梅雨(づゆ) (hashirizuyu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
梅	雨
ばい Grade: 4	う Grade: 1
kan'on

Alternative spellings
梅雨 (kyūjitai) 黴雨

From Middle Chinese compound 梅雨 (MC mwoj hjuX), in poetic reference to the season when plums grow or ripen.

Alternatively, the 黴雨 spelling may have been the original spelling. This is homophonous in (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese, and literally means “mold + rain”‎, in reference to how moldy things get during this season of constant humidity.

Noun

梅(ばい)雨(う) • (baiu) 

1. the East Asian rainy season (from early June to early/mid-July)

   Synonym: 五月雨 (samidare)

Derived terms

• 梅(ばい)雨(う)前線(ぜんせん) (baiu zensen)
• 梅(ばい)雨(う)末(まっ)期(き)豪(ごう)雨(う) (baiu makki gōu)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
梅	雨

Noun

梅雨 • (mae'u) (hangeul 매우)

1. hanja form^? of 매우 (“East Asian rainy season”)