蓖麻

Chinese

	the castor-oil plant	(to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp (to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp; numb; to bother
trad. (蓖麻)	蓖	麻
simp. ^#(蓖麻)	蓖	麻
alternative forms	萆麻賓麻／宾麻 Jin

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìmá

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶ maa⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): bi¹ 'ma⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pí-mà
Jin (Wiktionary): bing¹ ma¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pi-môa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìmá
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìmá
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-ma²
  - Yale: bì-má
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihma
  - Palladius: бима (bima)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ mä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei⁶ maa⁴
  - Yale: beih màh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶ maa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶ ma⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²² maː²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: bi¹ 'ma⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁴² ˈma³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pí-mà
  - Hakka Romanization System: bi^ˋ ma^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bi³ ma²
  - Sinological IPA: /pi³¹ ma¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: bing¹ ma¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /piŋ¹¹ ma¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi-môa
  - Tâi-lô: pi-muâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pimoaa
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴⁴⁻³³ muã²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /pi⁴⁴⁻³³ muã²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁴⁴⁻²² muã²⁴/

Noun

蓖麻

castor oil plant

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蓖麻 (“castor oil plant”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蓖麻
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	蓖麻
	Taiwan	蓖麻
	Chengde	大麻
	Chifeng	蓖麻
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	蓖麻
	Heihe	蓖麻
	Qiqihar	蓖麻
	Harbin	蓖麻
	Jiamusi	蓖麻
	Baicheng	蓖麻
	Changchun	蓖麻
	Tonghua	蓖麻
	Shenyang	蓖麻
	Jinzhou	蓖麻
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	大麻
	Tangshan	蓖麻
	Cangzhou	蓖麻
	Baoding	蓖麻
	Shijiazhuang	蓖麻
	Lijin	蓖麻
	Jinan	蓖麻
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	蓖麻
	Dandong	蓖麻
	Yantai	把門子
	Qingdao	蓖麻
	Zhucheng	蓖麻
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	大麻子
	Lingbao	蓖麻
	Jining	蓖麻
	Wanrong	大麻
	Linfen	蓖麻
	Shangqiu	蓖麻, 麻子
	Yuanyang	蓖麻
	Zhengzhou	蓖麻
	Xinyang	大麻
	Baihe	蓖麻, 蓖麻子兒
	Xi'an	蓖麻
	Baoji	蓖麻
	Tianshui	蓖麻
	Xining	蓖麻
	Xuzhou	蓖麻, 麻子
	Fuyang	蓖麻
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	蓖麻
	Lanzhou	蓖麻
	Dunhuang	蓖麻
	Hami	蓖麻
	Ürümqi	蓖麻
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	蓖麻
	Nanchong	蓖麻
	Dazhou	蓖麻
	Hanyuan	蓖麻
	Xichang	蓖麻
	Zigong	蓖麻
	Chongqing	蓖麻
	Wuhan	蓖麻
	Yichang	蓖麻
	Xiangyang	蓖麻
	Tianmen	蓖麻
	Guiyang	蓖麻
	Zunyi	蓖麻
	Bijie	蓖麻
	Liping	蓖麻
	Zhaotong	蓖麻
	Dali	蓖麻
	Kunming	蓖麻
	Mengzi	天麻
	Guilin	蓖麻
	Liuzhou	蓖麻
	Jishou	蓖麻
	Changde	蓖麻子
	Hanzhong	蓖麻
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蓖麻
	Yangzhou	蓖麻
	Lianyungang	蓖蓖
	Lianshui	蓖麻
	Nantong	蓖麻
	Anqing	蓖麻
	Wuhu	蓖麻
	Hefei	蓖麻
	Hong'an	蓖麻, 大麻
Gan	Nanchang	蓖麻
Gan	Lichuan	蓖麻
Huizhou	Shexian	蓖麻
Jin	Taiyuan	蓖麻
	Yangyuan	蓖麻
	Datong	蓖麻
	Xinzhou	藜鉤子
	Lüliang (Lishi)	蓖麻
	Changzhi	蓖麻
	Linhe	蓖麻
	Jining	蓖麻
	Hohhot	蓖麻
	Erenhot	蓖麻
	Pingshan	大麻
	Zhangjiakou	蓖麻
	Handan	蓖麻
	Linzhou	大麻
	Suide	老麻子
Southern Min	Xiamen	杜蓖
Southern Min	Quanzhou	杜蓖

Derived terms

蓖麻子 (bìmázǐ)
蓖麻毒素 (bìmá dúsù)
蓖麻油 (bìmáyóu)
蓖麻籽

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蓖	麻
ひ Hyōgai	ま Grade: S
on'yomi	tōon

Noun

蓖(ひ)麻(ま) • (hima)

synonym of 唐胡麻 (tōgoma, “castor oil plant, Ricinus communis”)

Derived terms

蓖麻子(ひまし) (himashi)

References

“^▲蓖麻”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025