芭蕉

Chinese

		a kind of fragrant grass	banana
trad. (芭蕉)		芭	蕉
simp. #(芭蕉)		芭	蕉
alternative forms		巴蕉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bājiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄠ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): баҗё (baži͡o, I-I) / баҗё (baži͡o, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ ziu¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'ba¹ jieu¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pâ-chêu
• Eastern Min (BUC): bă-ciĕu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pa-chio / pa-chiau
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹pa-ciau; ¹po-ciau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bājiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bajiao
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-chiao¹
    • Yale: bā-jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bajiau
    • Palladius: бацзяо (baczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: баҗё (baži͡o, I-I) / баҗё (baži͡o, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa²⁴ t͡ɕiɔː²⁴/, /pa²⁴ t͡ɕiɔː⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa¹ ziu¹
    • Yale: bā jīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ dziu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ jiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'ba¹ jieu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈpa⁴² t͡ɕiɛu⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pâ-chêu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ba´ zeu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ba¹ zeu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pa²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡seu̯²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bă-ciĕu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒieu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pa-chio
    • Tâi-lô: pa-tsio
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pacioy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɤ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sio⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sio⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pa-chiau
    • Tâi-lô: pa-tsiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: paciaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siau⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹pa-ciau; ¹po-ciau
    • MiniDict: pa^平 ciau; po^平 ciau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pa-jiau; ¹po-jiau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pa⁵⁵ t͡ɕiɔ²¹/, /po⁵⁵ t͡ɕiɔ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: pae tsjew

Rime
Character	芭	蕉
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	伯加切	即消切
Baxter	pae	tsjew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠa/	/t͡siᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚa/	/t͡siɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/pa/	/t͡sjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paɨ/	/t͡siaw/
Li Rong	/pa/	/t͡siɛu/
Wang Li	/pa/	/t͡sĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/pa/	/t͡si̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bā	jiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	baa1	ziu1

Noun

芭蕉

1. Japanese banana (Musa basjoo) (Classifier: 隻／只 m c; 根 m; 條／条 m c)
2. (～屬) Musa
3. (～科) Musaceae
4. (Luchuan Cantonese, Dungan, Eastern Min) banana
5. (informal) plantain; banana

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 香蕉 (“banana”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		香蕉
Taxonomic name		香蕉
Mandarin	Beijing	香蕉
	Taiwan	香蕉
	Tianjin	香蕉
	Jinan	香蕉
	Wanrong	香蕉
	Xi'an	香蕉
	Wuhan	香蕉
	Chengdu	香蕉
	Yangzhou	香蕉
	Hefei	香蕉
	Changle (Qinjiang)	芭蕉果
	Malaysia	香蕉
	Singapore	香蕉
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	香蕉
	Dagudi (Maliba)	香蕉
	Reshuitang (Longling)	香蕉
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	香蕉
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	香蕉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	香蕉, 蕉
	Hong Kong	蕉, 香蕉
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	牙蕉
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	香蕉, 蕉
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	香蕉, 牙蕉
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	牙蕉
	Macau	蕉, 香蕉
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	香蕉, 蕉
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	香蕉
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	蕉仔
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	蕉, 香蕉, 香牙蕉
	Foshan	香蕉, 蕉
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	蕉
	Foshan (Shunde)	蕉, 香蕉
	Foshan (Sanshui)	香蕉
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	香蕉
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	蕉, 香蕉
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	蕉, 香蕉
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	香蕉
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	蕉果
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	蕉
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	蕉
	Taishan	香蕉, 蕉果
	Kaiping (Chikan)	香蕉
	Enping (Niujiang)	香蕉
	Heshan (Yayao)	蕉果
	Dongguan	蕉, 香蕉
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	牙蕉
	Shaoguan	香蕉
	Yunfu	香蕉
	Yangjiang	蕉子
	Xinyi	香蕉, 蕉子, 粉蕉
	Lianjiang	蕉子, 香蕉
	Nanning	香蕉
	Wuzhou	香蕉
	Yulin	香蕉
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	香蕉
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	香蕉, 弓蕉
	Penang (Guangfu)	弓蕉
	Ipoh (Guangfu)	香蕉, 弓蕉
	Singapore (Guangfu)	香蕉
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	香牙蕉
Gan	Nanchang	香蕉
Hakka	Meixian	香蕉, 弓蕉
	Dabu (Xihe)	香蕉, 弓蕉
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	香蕉
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	蕉
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	香蕉
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	牙蕉, 蕉
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	香蕉
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	弓蕉
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	蕉哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	弓蕉
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	弓蕉
	Conghua (Lütian)	蕉
	Jiexi	弓蕉
	Luhe	弓蕉
	Raoping (Xinfeng)	弓蕉
	Changting	香蕉
	Yongding	牙蕉
	Yongding (Xiayang)	弓蕉
	Yongding (Gaobei)	牙蕉
	Yongding (Hukeng)	牙蕉
	Liancheng	香蕉
	Liancheng (Peitian)	香蕉
	Liancheng (Zhongbao)	香蕉
	Liancheng (Laiyuan)	香蕉
	Ninghua	牙蕉
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	弓蕉
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	弓蕉
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	弓蕉
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	弓蕉
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	弓蕉
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	弓蕉
	Hong Kong	牙蕉
	Sabah (Longchuan)	蕉
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	弓蕉
	Senai (Huiyang)	弓蕉
	Bangkok (Meixian)	弓蕉
	Bangkok (Fengshun)	弓蕉
Huizhou	Jixi	香蕉
Jin	Taiyuan	香蕉
	Pingyao	香蕉
Northern Min	Jian'ou	香蕉, 芭蕉果
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	芭蕉, 芭蕉果
	Matsu	芭蕉果
Southern Min	Xiamen	弓蕉
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	弓蕉
	Quanzhou	弓蕉
	Jinjiang	弓蕉
	Hui'an	弓蕉
	Anxi	弓蕉
	Yongchun	弓蕉
	Zhangzhou	弓蕉, 牙蕉, 蕉
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	牙蕉
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	蕉
	Pinghe	牙蕉
	Zhangpu	牙蕉
	Yunxiao	牙蕉
	Zhao'an	牙蕉
	Dongshan	牙蕉
	Taipei	金蕉, 弓蕉
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	弓蕉
	Kaohsiung	弓蕉
	Yilan	弓蕉
	Changhua (Lukang)	金蕉, 弓蕉
	Taichung	弓蕉
	Tainan	弓蕉
	Hsinchu	弓蕉
	Kinmen	弓蕉
	Penghu (Magong)	弓蕉
	Penang (Hokkien)	弓蕉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	弓蕉, 金蕉
	Manila (Hokkien)	弓蕉
	Medan (Hokkien)	弓蕉
	Longyan	蕉弓
	Zhangping	蕉弓
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	蕉弓
	Datian	弓蕉
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	香蕉
	Chaozhou	弓蕉
	Raoping	弓蕉
	Shantou	弓蕉
	Shantou (Chenghai)	弓蕉
	Jieyang	弓蕉
	Puning	弓蕉
	Haifeng	弓蕉
	Bangkok (Teochew)	弓蕉
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	弓蕉
	Singapore (Teochew)	弓蕉
	Leizhou	蕉
	Wenchang	香蕉
	Haikou	牙蕉
	Singapore (Hainanese)	芭蕉
Puxian Min	Putian	弓蕉
	Putian (Donghai)	蕉祖
	Putian (Jiangkou)	弓蕉
	Putian (Nanri)	弓蕉
	Xianyou	蕉祖
	Xianyou (Fengting)	蕉祖
	Xianyou (Youyang)	蕉祖
	Fuding (Aoyao)	番蕉
Central Min	Yong'an	香蕉
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	香蕉
	Sanxiang	香蕉
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	香蕉
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	香蕉
Shehua	Fu'an	蕉仔
	Fuding	香蕉
	Luoyuan	香蕉
	Sanming	香蕉
	Shunchang	香蕉
	Hua'an	蕉
	Guixi (Zhangping)	香蕉
	Cangnan	香蕉
	Jingning	香蕉
	Lishui	香蕉
	Longyou	香蕉
	Chaozhou	香蕉
	Fengshun	香蕉
Wu	Shanghai	香蕉
	Suzhou	香蕉
	Wuxi	香蕉
	Danyang	香蕉
	Hangzhou	香蕉
	Ningbo	香蕉
	Wenzhou	香蕉
	Jinhua	香蕉
Xiang	Changsha	香蕉
	Shuangfeng	香蕉
	Quanzhou	香蕉

Derived terms

• 松尾芭蕉
• 芭蕉布
• 芭蕉扇 (bājiāoshàn)
• 芭蕉果
• 芭蕉洞 (bājiāodòng)
• 芭蕉科
• 芭蕉芋
• 蘭嶼芭蕉／兰屿芭蕉

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (芭蕉):

• → Japanese: 芭(ば)蕉(しょう) (bashō)
• → Korean: 파초(芭蕉) (pacho)
• → Vietnamese: ba tiêu (芭蕉)

Proper noun

芭蕉

1. (～侗族鄉) Bajiao (a township in Enshi, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
芭	蕉
ば Jinmeiyō	しょう Jinmeiyō
kan’yōon	on’yomi

Etymology

/baseu/ → /baɕeu/ → /baɕoː/

Possibly from Middle Chinese 芭蕉 (MC pae tsjew). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Written as はせを (​pasewo → hasewo → haseo) in older texts.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ばしょー [bàshóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ba̠ɕo̞ː]

Noun

芭(ば)蕉(しょう) or 芭蕉(バショウ) • (bashō) ^{←ばせう (baseu) or バセウ (baseu)?}

1. Japanese banana (Musa basjoo)

   Synonym: 庭見草 (niwamigusa)

2. Short for 芭蕉梶木 (bashō kajiki): Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as バショウ.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 芭(バ)蕉(ショウ)梶(カジ)木(キ), 芭(バ)蕉(ショウ)旗魚(カジキ) (bashō kajiki)
• 芭(ば)蕉(しょう)扇(せん) (bashōsen)
• 芭(ば)蕉(しょう)布(ふ) (bashōfu)
• 扇(オウギ)芭(バ)蕉(ショウ) (ōgi bashō)
• 姫(ヒメ)芭(バ)蕉(ショウ) (hime-bashō)
• 実(ミ)芭(バ)蕉(ショウ) (mibashō)
• 水(ミズ)芭(バ)蕉(ショウ) (mizubashō)
• 破(や)れ芭(ば)蕉(しょう) (yarebashō)

See also

Related terms

• 極(ゴク)楽(ラク)鳥(チョウ)花(カ) (gokuraku chōka)
• ストレリチア (sutorerichia)
• 旅(たび)人(びと)の木(き) (tabibito no ki)
• バナナ (banana, “banana”)
• 美(ビ)人(ジン)蕉(ショウ) (bijinshō)
• マニラ麻(アサ) (Manira asa)

Proper noun

芭(ば)蕉(しょう) • (Bashō) ^{←ばせう (baseu)?}

1. Short for 松尾芭蕉 (Matsuo Bashō): Edo-period haikai and haiku poet

Derived terms

• 芭(ば)蕉(しょう)庵(あん) (Bashō-an)
• 芭(ば)蕉(しょう)忌(き) (Bashō-ki)