梔子
See also: 栀子
Chinese
| gardenia | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (梔子) | 梔 | 子 | |
| simp. (栀子) | 栀 | 子 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhihzi̊h
- Wade–Giles: chih1-tzŭ5
- Yale: jr̄-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy.tzy
- Palladius: чжицзы (čžiczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
- Homophones:
[Show/Hide] 枝子
梔子／栀子
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zi1 zi2
- Yale: jī jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzi1 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: ji1 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: tsye tsiX
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 梔子
- fruit of the Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)
Derived terms
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 梔 | 子 |
| くちなし | |
| Hyōgai | Grade: 1 |
| jukujikun | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 巵子 山梔子 |
Etymology
Possibly an extension of 口無し (kuchinashi, literally “without a mouth”), from the absence of the fruit's cleaves even when ripe.[1]
The kanji spelling is an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 梔子／栀子 (zhīzi).
Pronunciation
Noun
梔子 or 梔子 • (kuchinashi)
- the Cape jasmine, Gardenia jasminoides
- (colloquial) Short for 梔子色 (kuchinashi-iro): a gold color as of the fruit of a Cape jasmine; a style of layering garments with yellow on both front and back
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 クチナシ.
Derived terms
- 梔子色 (kuchinashi-iro)
References
- ^ Makino, Tomitarô (1940). An Illustrated Flora of Nippon, with the Cultivated and Naturalized Plants.: i–xx, 1–1070, pls. I–IX, i–cxliii. Makino Botanical Garden
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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