巴旦木

Chinese

		almond	tree; wood
simp. and trad. (巴旦木)		巴旦	木

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Persian بادام (bâdâm, “almond”) via Uyghur بادام (badam, “almond”) and making use of the native Chinese word 木 (mù, “tree”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bādànmù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄉㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ daan³ muk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bādànmù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄉㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: badànmù
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-tan⁴-mu⁴
    • Yale: bā-dàn-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: badannmuh
    • Palladius: баданьму (badanʹmu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ tän⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa¹ daan³ muk⁶
    • Yale: bā daan muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ daan³ muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ dan³ mug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵ taːn³³ mʊk̚²/

Noun

巴旦木

1. almond

Synonyms

• 扁桃 (biǎntáo)
• 杏仁 (xìngrén)