檸檬

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See also: 柠檬

Chinese

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phonetic
trad. (檸檬)
simp. (柠檬)
2nd round simp. 宁𰰡
檸檬/柠檬

Etymology

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Borrowed from English lemon (Huang, 2020); first attested in Volume I of Part II of A Dictionary of the Chinese Language in Three Parts [1819] by Robert Morrison (Huang, 2009).

For Taiwanese Min Nan lê-bóng and Hakka lê-móng, via Japanese 檸檬(レモン) (remon), from English lemon.

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • lêng5 mong5/lêng5 mou5 - literary;
  • lam5 mong2/nam5 mong2 - vernacular.

Noun

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檸檬

  1. lemon (fruit, tree)

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Proper noun

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檸檬

  1. () (dated) Puerto Limón (a city, the capital city of Limón, Costa Rica)

Synonyms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Hyōgai
もん
Hyōgai
irregular

Etymology

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Borrowed from English lemon.

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓) and ateji (当て字), from Chinese 檸檬柠檬 (níngméng).

For pronunciation and definitions of 檸檬 – see the following entry.
レモン
[noun] lemon
(This term, 檸檬, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.)