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-jí / pe̍h-bo̍k-ní / pe̍h-bo̍k-ní

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • 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)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-bo̍k-jí / pe̍h-bo̍k-ní / pe̍h-bo̍k-ní
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-bo̍k-jí / pe̍h-bo̍k-ní / pe̍h-bo̍k-ní
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqbogjie, peqbognie, peqbognie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻²¹ d͡ʑi⁵³/, /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻²¹ nĩ⁵³/, /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻²¹ nĩ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚²⁴⁻²² d͡ʑi⁵⁵⁴/, /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚²⁴⁻²² nĩ⁵⁵⁴/, /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚²⁴⁻²² nĩ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡ʑi⁵³/, /pe(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ nĩ⁵³/, /pe(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ nĩ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² d͡ʑi⁵³/, /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² nĩ⁵³/, /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² nĩ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² ʑi⁴¹/, /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² nĩ⁴¹/, /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² nĩ⁴¹/

Noun

白木耳

1. snow fungus (Tremella fuciformis)

Synonyms

• 雪耳 (xuě'ěr)
• 銀耳／银耳 (yín'ěr)

References

• 銀耳 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	木	耳
Grade: 1	Grade: 1	Grade: 1

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕirokikuraɡe/

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.