胡椒

Chinese

		barbarian; recklessly; surname	pepper
trad. (胡椒)		胡	椒
simp. #(胡椒)		胡	椒
alternative forms		楜椒

Etymology

“Foreign pepper”. The principal time of import to China was estimated to be during the Tang dynasty, and the source―per the miscellany Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang of the 9^th century CE―was the Magadha Kingdom of India, where it was called 昧履支 (MC mwojH lijX tsye) locally; cf. Sanskrit मरिच (marica, “black pepper”).

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 胡椒

1. pepper, especially black pepper (both the plant and the spice)
2. Short for 胡椒粉 (hújiāofěn, “pepper powder”).
3. (Eastern Min) nonsense; bullshit
4. (dialectal Mandarin) chili pepper; red pepper

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 辣椒 (“chili pepper”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		辣椒
Taxonomic name		辣椒
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	辣椒, 秦椒
	Taiwan	辣椒
	Chengde	辣椒
	Chifeng	辣椒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	辣椒, 尖兒椒
	Heihe	辣椒
	Qiqihar	辣椒, 秦椒
	Harbin	辣椒
	Jiamusi	辣椒, 小辣椒, 尖椒
	Baicheng	辣椒
	Changchun	辣椒, 尖兒椒
	Tonghua	辣椒
	Shenyang	辣椒, 辣子
	Jinzhou	辣椒
	Malaysia	辣椒
	Singapore	辣椒
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	辣子
	Tangshan	辣椒
	Cangzhou	辣椒
	Baoding	辣椒, 秦椒
	Shijiazhuang	辣子
	Lijin	辣椒, 辣子
	Jinan	辣椒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	辣椒
	Dandong	辣椒
	Yantai	辣椒
	Yantai (Muping)	辣椒
	Qingdao	辣椒
	Zhucheng	辣椒, 椒子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	辣椒, 秦椒
	Lingbao	秦椒, 辣子
	Jining	秦椒
	Wanrong	秦椒
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	麻椒
	Linfen	辣椒
	Shangqiu	辣椒, 秦椒
	Yuanyang	辣椒, 辣子
	Zhengzhou	辣椒, 秦椒
	Xinyang	辣椒
	Baihe	大辣子
	Xi'an	辣椒, 辣子
	Baoji	辣子
	Yanchi	辣子
	Guyuan	辣子
	Longde	辣椒
	Jingyuan	辣子
	Tianshui	辣椒
	Xining	辣子, 辣角兒
	Xuzhou	辣椒兒, 辣椒
	Fuyang	辣椒, 辣子, 大椒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	辣子, 辣角子
	Wuzhong	辣子
	Zhongwei	辣子
	Lanzhou	辣椒, 辣子
	Dunhuang	辣子
	Hami	辣子
	Ürümqi	辣子
	Jimsar	辣子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	海椒, 辣子
	Nanchong	辣椒, 辣子, 海椒
	Dazhou	辣子
	Hanyuan	海椒
	Xichang	海椒
	Zigong	辣椒, 海椒
	Chongqing	海椒
	Wuhan	辣椒, 辣子, 大胡椒
	Yichang	辣椒, 辣子
	Xiangyang	辣椒, 辣子
	Tianmen	辣椒, 辣子, 海椒
	Guiyang	辣角, 辣椒
	Zunyi	海椒
	Bijie	海椒
	Liping	廣椒
	Zhaotong	辣椒, 海椒
	Dali	辣子
	Kunming	辣椒, 辣子
	Mengzi	辣子
	Guilin	辣椒
	Liuzhou	辣椒
	Jishou	辣子
	Changde	辣椒
	Hanzhong	辣椒, 辣子
	Dagudi (Maliba)	辣子
	Reshuitang (Longling)	辣子
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	辣子
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	辣子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	胡椒, 辣椒
	Yangzhou	辣椒, 大椒
	Lianyungang	辣椒, 大椒
	Lianshui	大椒
	Nantong	辣椒, 班椒
	Anqing	辣椒, 大椒
	Wuhu	辣椒, 大椒
	Hefei	辣椒, 大椒, 大椒子
	Chuzhou	大椒, 胡椒
	Hong'an	辣椒, 大椒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	辣椒
	Hong Kong	辣椒
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	辣椒
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	辣椒
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	辣椒
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	辣椒
	Macau	辣椒
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	辣椒
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	辣椒
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	辣椒
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	辣椒
	Foshan	辣椒
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	辣椒
	Foshan (Shunde)	辣椒
	Foshan (Sanshui)	辣椒
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	辣椒
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	辣椒
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	辣椒
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	辣椒
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	辣椒
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	辣椒
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	辣椒
	Taishan	辣椒
	Kaiping (Chikan)	辣椒
	Enping (Niujiang)	辣椒
	Heshan (Yayao)	辣椒
	Dongguan	辣椒
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	辣椒
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	辣椒
	Shaoguan	辣椒
	Yunfu	辣椒
	Yangjiang	辣椒
	Xinyi	辣椒
	Lianjiang	辣椒
	Nanning	辣椒
	Wuzhou	辣椒
	Yulin	辣椒
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	辣椒
	Danzhou	番椒
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	辣椒
	Singapore (Guangfu)	辣椒
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	辣椒
Gan	Nanchang	辣椒
	Pengze	辣椒
	Lichuan	辣椒
	Pingxiang	辣椒
	Jianning	茄椒
	Taining	番椒
Hakka	Meixian	辣椒
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	辣椒
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	辣椒
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	辣椒
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	辣椒
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	辣椒
	Changting	番椒
	Wuping	番椒子
	Liancheng	閉椒
	Ninghua	茄椒, 椒子
	Qingliu	辣椒
	Yudu	辣椒
	Ruijin	辣子
	Shicheng	茄椒
	Shangyou (Shexi)	辣椒
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	辣椒仔, 番椒
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	辣椒仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	辣椒仔, 番椒
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	辣椒
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	辣椒, 辣椒仔, 番椒
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	薟椒
	Hong Kong	辣椒
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	辣椒
	Sabah (Longchuan)	辣椒
	Senai (Huiyang)	辣椒
	Singkawang	薟椒
	Pontianak (Meixian)	辣椒
Huizhou	Jixi	辣茄
	Shexian	辣茄兒, 辣椒
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	辣椒
	Xiuning	辣椒
	Yixian	辣角兒
	Qimen	辣夾兒
	Wuyuan	辣椒
Jin	Taiyuan	辣角角, 尖辣角, 辣角子
	Pingyao	辣角角
	Yangyuan	辣椒
	Datong	辣角兒
	Xinzhou	辣角子
	Lüliang (Lishi)	辣子, 辣角角
	Changzhi	辣椒, 辣子
	Linhe	辣角子, 辣子
	Jining	辣椒
	Hohhot	辣子
	Erenhot	辣椒
	Pingshan	辣椒兒
	Zhangjiakou	辣椒
	Handan	辣椒, 秦椒, 辣子
	Linzhou	秦椒
	Suide	辣子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	番椒
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	番椒
	Songxi	辣椒
	Zhenghe	番椒
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	番椒
	Jianyang	番椒
	Wuyishan	番椒
	Pucheng (Shibei)	番椒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	番椒, 辣椒
	Fuqing	辣椒
	Fu'an	辣茄
	Shouning	番椒
	Youxi	辣椒
	Youxi (Xiyang, Xibin)	辣椒
	Youxi (Tiantang, Yangzhong)	番椒
	Youxi (Tangchuan)	番椒
	Youxi (Zhongxian)	辣椒
Southern Min	Xiamen	番薑, 番椒
	Quanzhou	番薑
	Jinjiang	番椒
	Yongchun	番薑
	Zhangzhou	番薑
	Pinghe	辣椒, 番椒
	Taipei	辣椒, 番薑仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	番薑仔
	Kaohsiung	番仔薑, 薟椒仔
	Yilan	番薑仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	番薑仔, 薟薑仔
	Taichung	薟椒仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	薟椒仔
	Tainan	番仔薑
	Taitung	薟椒仔
	Hsinchu	番薑, 薟薑
	Kinmen	辣椒
	Penghu (Magong)	番薑, 番仔薑
	Penang (Hokkien)	番椒
	Singapore (Hokkien)	薟椒
	Manila (Hokkien)	紅辣椒
	Zhangping	番椒仔
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	番椒仔
	Datian	番薑仔
	Datian (Guangping)	麻椒
	Youxi (Jiemian, Banmian)	辣椒
	Youxi (Longyi, Xinyang)	麻椒
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	辣椒
	Chaozhou	薟椒
	Shantou	薟椒
	Shantou (Chenghai)	薟椒
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	薟椒
	Jieyang	薟椒, 金橄欖
	Haifeng	薟椒
	Bangkok (Teochew)	薟椒
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	薟椒
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	薟椒
	Singapore (Teochew)	薟椒
	Pontianak (Teochew)	薟椒
	Leizhou	秦椒
	Wenchang	番椒
	Haikou	番椒
	Qionghai	番椒
	Singapore (Hainanese)	番椒
Puxian Min	Putian	辣椒
	Xianyou	番茄
Central Min	Yong'an	胡椒鼻
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	茄椒
	Sanming (Shaxian)	麻椒
	Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping)	紅椒
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	番椒
	Guangze	番椒
	Jiangle	番椒
	Mingxi	椒
	Shunchang	番椒
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	辣椒
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	辣椒
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	辣椒
	Lingchuan (Shuangzhou)	辣椒
Shehua	Fu'an	辣茄
	Fuding	辣茄
	Luoyuan	番茄
	Sanming	辣椒
	Shunchang	番椒
	Hua'an	番薑
	Cangnan	辣茄
	Jingning (Hexi)	辣椒
	Lishui	辣椒
	Longyou	辣椒
	Chaozhou	薟椒
	Fengshun	辣椒
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	辣子
	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	辣子
	Luxi (Lijiatian)	辣子
Wu	Shanghai	辣椒
	Shanghai (Chongming)	辣椒
	Suzhou	辣火, 辣椒
	Wuxi	辣椒
	Danyang	辣椒
	Hangzhou	辣茄兒, 辣椒
	Ningbo	辣茄, 辣椒
	Wenzhou	番薑, 辣薑, 番椒, 辣椒
	Jinhua	辣虎兒, 辣虎
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	辣虎
Xiang	Changsha	辣椒, 辣椒子
	Loudi	辣椒
	Shuangfeng	辣子
	Quanzhou	海椒
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	辣薑

Derived terms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
胡	椒
こ Jinmeiyō	しょう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 胡椒 (hújiāo)

Noun

1. pepper

See also

• 白(しろ)胡(こ)椒(しょう) (shirokoshō, “white pepper”)
• 黒(くろ)胡(こ)椒(しょう) (kurokoshō, “black pepper”)
• 粒(つぶ)胡(こ)椒(しょう) (tsubukoshō, “grain pepper”)