白木耳

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	wood ear; tree ear; black fungus Auricularia nigricans <= Auricularia polytricha
simp. and trad. (白木耳)		白	木耳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báimù'ěr

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄦˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ muk⁶ ji⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): pe̍h-bo̍k-ní / pe̍h-bo̍k-lí / pe̍eh-bo̍k-jí / pe̍eh-bo̍k-ní / pe̍h-bo̍k-jí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: báimù'ěr
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄦˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairmuheel
    • IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ mu⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ muk⁶ ji⁵
    • Yale: baahk muhk yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ muk⁹ ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ mug⁶ yi⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /pɑːk̚² mʊk̚² jiː¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-bo̍k-ní
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-bo̍k-ní
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqbognie
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² nĩ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² nĩ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² nĩ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-bo̍k-lí
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-bo̍k-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqboglie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚²⁴⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-bo̍k-jí
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-bo̍k-jí
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡ʑi⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-bo̍k-ní
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-bo̍k-ní
    • IPA (Penang): /pɛ(ʔ)⁴⁻³ bɔk̚⁴⁻³ ni⁴⁴⁵/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-bo̍k-jí
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-bo̍k-jí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqbogjie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² ʑi⁴¹/

Noun

白木耳

1. snow fungus (Tremella fuciformis)
2. (slang) virginal woman

Antonyms

• 黑木耳 (hēimù'ěr)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	木	耳
しろ Grade: 1	き Grade: 1	くらげ Grade: 1
Irregular

Etymology

Compound of 白 (shiro, “white”) +‎ 木耳 (kikurage, “Judas ear fungus”).

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • IPA^(key): [ɕiɾo̞kʲikɯ̟ᵝɾa̠ɡe̞]

Noun

白木耳 (hiragana しろきくらげ, katakana シロキクラゲ, rōmaji shirokikurage)

1. a type of fungi belonging to the Tremellaceae family; Tremella fuciformis, snow fungus.