梔子
See also: 栀子
Chinese
editgardenia | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
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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
editJapanese
editKanji in this term | |
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梔 | 子 |
くちなし | |
Hyōgaiji | Grade: 1 |
jukujikun |
Alternative spellings |
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巵子 山梔子 |
Etymology
editPossibly 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
editNoun
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
editAs 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
editReferences
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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