芭蕉

Chinese

a kind of fragrant grass banana
trad. (芭蕉) 芭 蕉
simp. #(芭蕉) 芭 蕉
alternative forms 巴蕉

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 芭 蕉
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 麻 (98) 宵 (91)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II III
Fanqie 伯加切 即消切
Baxter pae tsjew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pˠa/ /t͡siᴇu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pᵚa/ /t͡siɛu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/pa/ /t͡sjæu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/paɨ/ /t͡siaw/
Li
Rong 		/pa/ /t͡siɛu/
Wang
Li 		/pa/ /t͡sĭɛu/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/pa/ /t͡si̯ɛu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bā jiāo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		baa1 ziu1

Noun

芭蕉

  1. Japanese banana (Musa basjoo) (Classifier: 隻／只 m c; 根 m; 條／条 m c)
  2. (～屬) Musa
  3. (～科) Musaceae
  4. (Luchuan Cantonese, Dungan, Eastern Min) banana
  5. (informal) plantain; banana

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 香蕉 (“banana”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 香蕉
Taxonomic name 香蕉
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 香蕉
Taiwan 香蕉
Malaysia 香蕉
Singapore 香蕉
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 香蕉
Jinan 香蕉
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 香蕉
Xi'an 香蕉
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 香蕉
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 香蕉
Wuhan 香蕉
Dagudi (Maliba) 香蕉
Reshuitang (Longling) 香蕉
Mae Salong (Lancang) 香蕉
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 香蕉
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 香蕉
Hefei 香蕉
Mandarin Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle) 芭蕉果
Wuping (Zhongshan Junjiahua) 蕉弓子
Cantonese Guangzhou 香蕉, 蕉
Hong Kong 蕉, 香蕉
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 牙蕉
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 香蕉, 蕉
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 香蕉, 牙蕉
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 牙蕉
Macau 蕉, 香蕉
Guangzhou (Panyu) 香蕉, 蕉
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 香蕉
Guangzhou (Conghua) 蕉仔
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 蕉, 香蕉, 香牙蕉
Foshan 香蕉, 蕉
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 蕉
Foshan (Shunde) 蕉, 香蕉
Foshan (Sanshui) 香蕉
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 香蕉
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 蕉, 香蕉
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 蕉, 香蕉
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 香蕉
Zhuhai (Doumen) 蕉果
Jiangmen (Baisha) 蕉
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 蕉
Taishan 香蕉, 蕉果
Kaiping (Chikan) 香蕉
Enping (Niujiang) 香蕉
Heshan (Yayao) 蕉果
Dongguan 蕉, 香蕉
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 牙蕉
Shaoguan 香蕉
Yunfu 香蕉
Yangjiang 蕉子
Xinyi 香蕉, 蕉子, 粉蕉
Lianjiang 蕉子, 香蕉
Nanning 香蕉
Wuzhou 香蕉
Yulin 香蕉
Hepu (Lianzhou) 香蕉
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 香蕉, 弓蕉
Penang (Guangfu) 弓蕉
Ipoh (Guangfu) 香蕉, 弓蕉
Singapore (Guangfu) 香蕉
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 香牙蕉
Gan Nanchang 香蕉
Hakka Meixian 香蕉, 弓蕉
Dabu (Xihe) 香蕉, 弓蕉
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 香蕉
Dongguan (Qingxi) 蕉
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 香蕉
Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) 牙蕉, 蕉
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 香蕉
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 弓蕉
Wuhua (Huacheng) 蕉哩
Wuhua (Changbu) 弓蕉
Wuhua (Mianyang) 弓蕉
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 蕉
Jiexi 弓蕉
Luhe 弓蕉
Raoping (Xinfeng) 弓蕉
Changting 香蕉
Shanghang 牙蕉
Shanghang (Gutian) 香蕉
Longyan (Yongding) 牙蕉, 香蕉
Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) 弓蕉
Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) 牙蕉
Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) 牙蕉
Longyan (Wan'an) 蕉弓
Wuping 牙蕉
Liancheng 香蕉
Liancheng (Peitian) 香蕉
Liancheng (Zhongbao) 香蕉
Liancheng (Laiyuan) 香蕉
Ninghua 牙蕉
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 弓蕉
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 弓蕉
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 弓蕉
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 弓蕉
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 弓蕉
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 弓蕉
Hong Kong 牙蕉
Sabah (Longchuan) 蕉
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) 弓蕉
Senai (Huiyang) 弓蕉
Bangkok (Meixian) 弓蕉
Bangkok (Fengshun) 弓蕉
Huizhou Jixi 香蕉
Jin Taiyuan 香蕉
Pingyao 香蕉
Northern Min Jian'ou 香蕉, 芭蕉果
Eastern Min Fuzhou 芭蕉, 芭蕉果
Matsu 芭蕉果
Southern Min Xiamen 弓蕉
Xiamen (Tong'an) 弓蕉
Quanzhou 弓蕉
Jinjiang 弓蕉
Hui'an 弓蕉
Anxi 弓蕉
Yongchun 弓蕉
Zhangzhou 弓蕉, 牙蕉, 蕉
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 牙蕉
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 蕉
Pinghe 牙蕉
Zhangpu 牙蕉
Yunxiao 牙蕉
Zhao'an 牙蕉
Dongshan 牙蕉
Taipei 金蕉, 弓蕉
New Taipei (Sanxia) 弓蕉
Kaohsiung 弓蕉
Yilan 弓蕉
Changhua (Lukang) 金蕉, 弓蕉
Taichung 弓蕉
Tainan 弓蕉
Hsinchu 弓蕉
Kinmen 弓蕉
Penghu (Magong) 弓蕉
Penang (Hokkien) 弓蕉
Singapore (Hokkien) 弓蕉, 金蕉
Manila (Hokkien) 弓蕉
Medan (Hokkien) 弓蕉
Longyan 蕉弓
Shizhong 蕉弓
Zhangping 蕉弓
Zhangping (Yongfu) 蕉弓
Datian 弓蕉
Pingnan (Shangdu) 香蕉
Chaozhou 弓蕉
Raoping 弓蕉
Shantou 弓蕉
Shantou (Chenghai) 弓蕉
Jieyang 弓蕉
Puning 弓蕉
Haifeng 弓蕉
Bangkok (Teochew) 弓蕉
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 弓蕉
Singapore (Teochew) 弓蕉
Leizhou 蕉
Wenchang 香蕉
Haikou 牙蕉
Singapore (Hainanese) 芭蕉
Puxian Min Putian 弓蕉
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 蕉祖
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 弓蕉
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 弓蕉
Xianyou 蕉祖
Xianyou (Fengting) 蕉祖
Xianyou (Youyang) 蕉祖
Fuding (Aoyao) 番蕉
Central Min Yong'an 香蕉
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 香蕉
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 香蕉
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 香蕉
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 香蕉
Shehua Fu'an 蕉仔
Fuding 香蕉
Luoyuan 香蕉
Sanming 香蕉
Shunchang 香蕉
Hua'an 蕉
Guixi (Zhangping) 香蕉
Cangnan 香蕉
Jingning (Hexi) 香蕉
Lishui 香蕉
Longyou 香蕉
Chaozhou 香蕉
Fengshun 香蕉
Wu Shanghai 香蕉
Suzhou 香蕉
Wuxi 香蕉
Danyang 香蕉
Hangzhou 香蕉
Ningbo 香蕉
Wenzhou 香蕉
Jinhua 香蕉
Xiang Changsha 香蕉
Shuangfeng 香蕉
Quanzhou 香蕉

Derived terms

  • 松尾芭蕉
  • 芭蕉布
  • 芭蕉扇 (bājiāoshàn)
  • 芭蕉果
  • 芭蕉洞 (bājiāodòng)
  • 芭蕉科
  • 芭蕉芋
  • 蘭嶼芭蕉 / 兰屿芭蕉

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (芭蕉):
  • → Japanese: 芭(ば)蕉(しょう) (bashō)
  • → Korean: 파초(芭蕉) (pacho)
  • → Vietnamese: ba tiêu (芭蕉)

Proper noun

芭蕉

  1. (～侗族鄉) Bajiao (a township in Enshi, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
芭 蕉
ば
Jinmeiyō 		しょう
Jinmeiyō
kan'yōon on'yomi

Etymology

/baseu/ → /baɕeu/ → /baɕoː/

Possibly from Middle Chinese 芭蕉 (MC pae tsjew). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Written as はせを (​pasewo → hasewo → haseo) in older texts.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ばしょー [bàshóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ba̠ɕo̞ː]

Noun

芭(ば)蕉(しょう) or 芭蕉(バショウ) • (bashō) ←ばせう (baseu) or バセウ (baseu)?

  1. Japanese banana (Musa basjoo)
    Synonym: 庭見草 (niwamigusa)
  2. short for 芭蕉梶木 (bashō kajiki): Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus)

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 バショウ (bashō).

Derived terms

  • 芭(バ)蕉(ショウ)梶(カジ)木(キ), 芭(バ)蕉(ショウ)旗魚(カジキ) (bashō kajiki)
  • 芭(ば)蕉(しょう)扇(せん) (bashōsen)
  • 芭(ば)蕉(しょう)布(ふ) (bashōfu)
  • 扇(オウギ)芭(バ)蕉(ショウ) (ōgi bashō)
  • 姫(ヒメ)芭(バ)蕉(ショウ) (hime-bashō)
  • 実(ミ)芭(バ)蕉(ショウ) (mibashō)
  • 水(ミズ)芭(バ)蕉(ショウ) (mizubashō)
  • 破(や)れ芭(ば)蕉(しょう) (yarebashō)

See also

Related terms

Proper noun

芭(ば)蕉(しょう) • (Bashō) ←ばせう (Baseu)?

  1. short for 松尾芭蕉 (Matsuo Bashō): Edo-period haikai and haiku poet

Derived terms

  • 芭(ば)蕉(しょう)庵(あん) (Bashō-an)
  • 芭(ば)蕉(しょう)忌(き) (Bashō-ki)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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