薄荷腦

Chinese

			essence
trad. (薄荷腦)		薄荷	腦
simp. (薄荷脑)		薄荷	脑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bòhénǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄋㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bok⁶ ho⁴ nou⁵
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): bo⁷ ho³ nao²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bòhénǎo → bòhenǎo (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄋㄠˇ → ㄅㄛˋ ˙ㄏㄜ ㄋㄠˇ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bòhe̊nǎo
    • Wade–Giles: po⁴-ho⁵-nao³
    • Yale: bwò-he-nǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: boh.hernao
    • Palladius: бохэнао (boxɛnao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /pu̯ɔ⁵¹ xə¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bok⁶ ho⁴ nou⁵
    • Yale: bohk hòh nóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁹ ho⁴ nou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bog⁶ ho⁴ nou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚² hɔː²¹ nou̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bo⁷ ho³ nao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pō hò náu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /po¹¹ ho²¹³⁻⁵⁵ nau⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

薄荷腦

1. (organic chemistry) menthol

Synonyms

• 薄荷冰 (bòhébīng)
• 薄荷醇 (bòhéchún)