梔子
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See also: 栀子
Chinese
[edit]| 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 | |
| alternative forms | 支子 | ||
Pronunciation
[edit]- 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
[edit]梔子
- Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)
- fruit of the Cape jasmine
Derived terms
[edit]Japanese
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 梔 | 子 |
| くちなし | |
| Hyōgai | Grade: 1 |
| jukujikun | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 巵子 山梔子 |
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
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- 梔子色 (kuchinashi-iro)
Etymology 2
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 梔 | 子 |
| し Hyōgai |
し Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | |
Noun
[edit]- (traditional Chinese medicine) Synonym of 山梔子 (sanshishi, “dried fruit of the Cape jasmine used in medicine”)
References
[edit]- ^ 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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