正山小種
Chinese edit
the "lineal mountains" | subvariety | ||
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trad. (正山小種) | 正山 | 小種 | |
simp. (正山小种) | 正山 | 小种 |
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Unclear how 正山 equates to lapsang, since that should be 立山 instead.”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
正山小種
- lapsang souchong (tea plant)
Synonyms edit
See also edit
- 正山小種/正山小种 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia zh
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |||
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正 | 山 | 小 | 種 |
Grade: 1 | Grade: 1 | Grade: 1 | Grade: 4 |
irregular |
Borrowed from Cantonese 立山小種/立山小种 (laap6 saan1 siu2 zung2, literally “sub-variety from Lapu Mountain”).
The spelling was apparently changed prior to borrowing into Japanese, replacing the 立 (laap6) character with the 正 (zeng3) character while keeping the pronunciation unchanged.
The reading is an approximation of modern Cantonese, and is thus neither on'yomi nor kun'yomi.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
正山小種 • (rapusan sūchon)
Usage notes edit
This reading appears to be the most common.
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |||
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正 | 山 | 小 | 種 |
せい Grade: 1 |
さん Grade: 1 |
しょう Grade: 1 |
しゅ Grade: 4 |
on’yomi |
The spelling is borrowed from Chinese 正山小種/正山小种 (zhèngshān xiǎozhǒng). The reading is the expected on'yomi for these characters.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
正山小種 • (seisan shōshu)
Usage notes edit
This reading appears to be substantially less common than rapusan sūchon above. However, it is also the most obvious reading from a Japanese perspective, using the standard Japanese pronunciation of the characters.