黑木耳

Chinese

		black; dark; Heilongjiang Province (abbrev.)	wood ear; tree ear; black fungus Auricularia nigricans, syn. Auricularia polytricha
trad. (黑木耳)		黑	木耳
simp. #(黑木耳)		黑	木耳

Stir-fried black wood ear.

Etymology

The slang sense is due to a belief that sexual experience/masturbation darkens the vulva.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hēimù'ěr

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄟ ㄇㄨˋ ㄦˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ muk⁶ ji⁵
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷heq-moq-er

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hēimù'ěr
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄟ ㄇㄨˋ ㄦˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: heimù-ěr
    • Wade–Giles: hei¹-mu⁴-êrh³
    • Yale: hēi-mù-ěr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heimuheel
    • Palladius: хэймуэр (xɛjmuer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵ mu⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ muk⁶ ji⁵
    • Yale: hāk muhk yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ muk⁹ ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ mug⁶ yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ mʊk̚² jiː¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷heq-moq-er
    • MiniDict: heh^入 moh r
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴heq-moq-er
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /həʔ³³ moʔ⁵⁵ əl²¹/

Noun

黑木耳

1. Jew's-ear; wood ear (Auricularia auricula-judae)
2. (neologism, slang, derogatory) (from the shape of the mushroom) sexually-experienced young female; promiscuous female or a young female who masturbates often

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 烏木耳／乌木耳

See also

• 白木耳 (báimù'ěr)
• 粉木耳 (fěnmù'ěr)
• 雲耳／云耳 (yún'ěr)