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): /paːk̚² 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

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 銀耳 (“snow fungus”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		銀耳, 白木耳
Mandarin	Beijing	銀耳
	Taiwan	白木耳, 銀耳
	Harbin	白木耳, 銀耳
	Jinan	銀耳
	Muping	銀耳
	Luoyang	銀耳
	Jiedian	白木耳, 銀耳
	Xi'an	白木耳
	Xining	銀耳
	Xuzhou	銀耳, 白木耳
	Yinchuan	銀耳
	Lanzhou	銀耳
	Ürümqi	白木耳
	Wuhan	白木耳, 白耳子
	Chengdu	白木耳, 銀耳
	Guiyang	白木耳
	Liuzhou	白木耳, 銀耳
	Yangzhou	白木耳
	Nanjing	白木耳
	Nantong	白木耳
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雪耳
	Hong Kong	雪耳
	Dongguan	雪耳
Gan	Nanchang	白木耳
	Lichuan	白雲耳
	Pingxiang	白木耳
Hakka	Meixian	白木耳
	Yudu	白木耳
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	白木耳
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	白木耳
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	白木耳
	Dongshi (Dabu)	白木耳
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	白木耳
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	白木耳
Huizhou	Jixi	白木耳
Jin	Taiyuan	白木耳, 銀耳
	Xinzhou	銀耳
Min Bei	Jian'ou	白木耳
Min Dong	Fuzhou	白木耳
Min Nan	Xiamen	白木耳
	Quanzhou	白木耳
	Zhangzhou	白木耳
	Penang	白木耳
	Haikou	白木耳
Pinghua	Nanning	銀耳, 雲耳
Wu	Shanghai	白雲耳, 白木耳, 雲耳
	Suzhou	白木耳
	Hangzhou	白木耳
	Wenzhou	白木耳
	Chongming	白螞耳
	Danyang	銀耳, 白木耳
	Jinhua	白木耳
	Ningbo	白木耳
Xiang	Changsha	銀耳
	Loudi	白木耳

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	Grade: 1
kun’yomi	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.