玉蜀黍

Chinese

		jade	sorghum
trad. (玉蜀黍)		玉	蜀黍
simp. #(玉蜀黍)		玉	蜀黍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùshǔshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄕㄨˇ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ suk⁶ syu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùshǔshǔ [Phonetic: yùshúshǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄕㄨˇ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùshǔshǔ
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-shu³-shu³
    • Yale: yù-shǔ-shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhshuushuu
    • Palladius: юйшушу (jujšušu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ suk⁶ syu²
    • Yale: yuhk suhk syú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ suk⁹ sy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ sug⁶ xu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² sʊk̚² syː³⁵/

Noun

玉蜀黍

1. corn; maize

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 玉米 (“corn; maize”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		玉米, 玉蜀黍
Taxonomic name		玉米, 玉蜀黍
Mandarin	Beijing	玉米, 老玉米, 棒子, 老棒子, 老玉麥
	Taiwan	玉米
	Tianjin	玉米, 棒子
	Chengde	玉米, 棒子
	Tangshan	玉米, 玉黍
	Cangzhou	棒子
	Baoding	棒子
	Shijiazhuang	棒子
	Ulanhot	包米
	Tongliao	包米
	Chifeng	玉米, 包米, 棒子
	Bayanhot	玉米
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	包米
	Heihe	玉米, 包米
	Qiqihar	玉米, 包米
	Harbin	玉米, 包米
	Jiamusi	玉米, 包米
	Baicheng	包米
	Changchun	包米
	Tonghua	包米
	Shenyang	玉米, 包米
	Dandong	玉米, 包米
	Jinzhou	玉米, 包米
	Dalian	包米兒
	Yantai	包米
	Yantai (Muping)	棒棒兒, 包兒米, 玉米
	Qingdao	玉米, 包米兒, 包米
	Lijin	棒子
	Zhucheng	玉米, 玉豆
	Jinan	玉米, 棒子
	Jining	棒子
	Luoyang	棒子, 包穀, 玉蜀黍, 蜀黍, 玉蜀黍兒, 老玉米, 玉米
	Wanrong	玉䵚秫, 玉米
	Shangqiu	玉米, 棒子, 玉蜀黍
	Yuanyang	玉高粱, 玉蜀黍
	Zhengzhou	玉蜀黍
	Lingbao	玉穀
	Xinyang	包穀
	Baihe	玉米, 包穀
	Hanzhong	玉米, 包穀
	Xi'an	玉米, 包穀, 玉麥
	Baoji	玉米, 包穀, 番麥
	Yinchuan	玉米
	Wuzhong	包秫秫
	Yanchi	玉米
	Zhongwei	西番麥
	Guyuan	玉麥
	Longde	玉麥
	Jingyuan	玉麥
	Tianshui	包穀, 仙麥
	Lanzhou	包穀
	Dunhuang	包米, 包穀
	Xining	包穀, 包穀棒子
	Hami	包米, 包穀
	Ürümqi	包米, 包穀
	Jimsar	包穀
	Wuhan	玉米, 包穀
	Huanggang	玉榴
	Yichang	玉米, 包穀
	Xiangyang	玉米, 包穀
	Tianmen	玉包
	Hong'an	玉榴, 包穀
	Chengdu	玉麥, 玉米, 包穀
	Nanchong	玉米, 包穀
Dazhou	包穀
Hanyuan	玉麥
Xichang	包穀
Zigong	包穀
Chongqing	包穀
Guiyang	包穀
Zunyi	包穀
Bijie	包穀
Liping	包穀
Zhaotong	包穀, 玉麥
Dali	包穀, 玉麥
Kunming	包穀, 玉麥
Mengzi	包穀, 玉麥
Guilin	包穀, 玉米
Liuzhou	玉米, 包穀
Nanning (Wuming)	玉米
Jishou	包穀
Changde	包穀
Anqing	六穀子
Xuzhou	棒子, 玉米棒子, 玉蜀黍, 大蜀黍
Yangzhou	玉米, 玉蘆書, 棒頭
Lianyungang	玉米, 棒子
Lianshui	玉米, 棒頭
Nanjing	包蘆, 包穀, 玉蜀黍, 玉米
Hefei	玉米, 六穀
Nantong	玉米
Malaysia	玉米
Singapore	玉米
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	玉米
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	包米
Cantonese	Guangzhou	粟米, 包粟
	Hong Kong	粟米, 包粟 dated
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	包粟
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	粟米
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	包粟
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	包粟
	Macau	粟米
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	粟米
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	粟米
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	粟米
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	包粟
	Foshan	粟米
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	粟米
	Foshan (Shunde)	粟米
	Foshan (Sanshui)	粟米
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	粟米
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	粟米
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	粟米
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	粟米
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	粟米
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	粟米
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	粟米
	Taishan	粟米
	Kaiping (Chikan)	粟米
	Enping (Niujiang)	包粟
	Heshan (Yayao)	粟米
	Dongguan	包粟, 粟米
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	包粟
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	包粟
	Qingyuan	包粟麥
	Fogang	粟米
	Yingde (Hanguang)	包麥
	Yangshan	包麥
	Lianshan (Butian)	粟米
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	包麥
	Shaoguan	包粟
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	包粟
	Renhua	包粟
	Lechang	包粟
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	粟米
	Sihui	粟米
	Guangning	包粟
	Deqing	包粟
	Huaiji	包粟
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	粟米
	Yunfu	包粟
	Xinxing	包粟, 黃粟
	Luoding	包粟
	Yunan (Pingtai)	包粟
	Yangjiang	珍珠粟
	Xinyi	包粟, 飯包粟
	Lianjiang	粟米, 包粟
	Nanning	玉米, 包粟
	Wuzhou	玉米, 包粟
	Yulin	包粟
	Rongxian	粟
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	包粟
	Guiping	包粟
	Guiping (Mule)	包粟
	Pingnan	包粟
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	包粟
	Guigang (Pingdong)	包粟
	Baise	粟米, 包粟
	Beihai	包粟
Beihai (Nankang)	包粟
Beihai (Yingpan)	包粟
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	粟包
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	粟包
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	粟包
Danzhou	包麥
Sanya (Yanglan Maihua)	番麥
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	包粟, 楂弓
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	粟米, 𥟼
Móng Cái	粟包, 梧
Bangkok (Guangfu)	粟米
Betong (Rongxian)	包粟
Gan	Nanchang	玉米
	Lichuan	包粟, 金豆
	Pingxiang	包粟
Hakka	Meixian	包粟
	Xingning	包粟
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	包粟, 包粟米
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	包粟
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	包粟
	Huiyang	包粟
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	包粟
	Huidong (Daling)	包粟
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	包粟
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	包粟
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	包粟
	Boluo (Bendihua)	包粟
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	包粟
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	包粟
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	包粟
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	包粟
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	包粟
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	包粟
	Wuhua (Changbu)	包粟
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	包粟
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	包粟
	Zijin	包粟
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	包粟
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	包粟
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	包粟
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	包粟
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	粟米, 包粟
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	包粟
	Nanxiong (Zhuji)	包粟
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	包粟
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	包粟
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	包粟
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	包麥
	Liannan	包麥
	Conghua (Lütian)	包粟
	Jiexi	包粟
	Changting	包粟
	Wuping	包粟
	Wuping (Pingyu)	包粟
	Ninghua	包鬚
	Yudu	包粟
	Ruijin	包粟
	Shicheng	包粟
	Shangyou (Shexi)	包粟
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	包粟
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	包粟
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	包粟
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	包粟
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	包粟
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	包粟
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	包粟
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	包粟
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	番麥
	Hong Kong	包粟
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	飯包粟
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	包粟
	Xinyi (Sihe)	包粟
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	麥包
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	包粟
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	飯包粟
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	包子粟
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	包粟
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	包粟
	Luchuan	包粟
Luchuan (Daqiao)	包粟
Sabah (Longchuan)	包粟
Senai (Huiyang)	包粟
Kuching (Hepo)	包粟
Singkawang	包粟
Bangkok (Jiexi)	包粟, ข้าวโพด
Huizhou	Jixi	包蘿
	Shexian	包蘆
	Tunxi	包蘿, 包蘿兒
	Xiuning	包蘆
	Yixian	包蘆, 金蘆
	Qimen	包蘆
	Wuyuan	包蘿
	Fuliang	玉米
	Dexing	包粟
	Jingde	包蘆
	Shitai (Xianyu)	包蘆
Jin	Taiyuan	玉茭子
	Pingyao	玉䵚黍, 玉茭子, 玉茭
	Yangyuan	玉米, 玉蜀秫
	Datong	玉茭兒
	Xinzhou	玉茭子
	Lishi	玉米, 玉稻黍
	Linfen	玉茭, 棒子
	Changzhi	玉茭子, 玉茭
	Taibus (Baochang)	棒子
	Linhe	玉米, 玉茭子
	Jining	玉米, 玉茭茭
	Hohhot	玉茭子, 玉米
	Baotou	玉茭茭
	Dongsheng	玉茭子
	Haibowan	玉茭子
	Erenhot	玉米
	Pingshan	玉蜀黍
	Zhangjiakou	玉米, 棒子
	Handan	玉米, 包米
	Linzhou	玉米, 玉黍
	Suide	金䄻黍
Northern Min	Jian'ou	包蘿, 觀音豆, 觀豆
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	包蘿
	Songxi	包蘿
	Zhenghe	包蘿
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	包蘿
	Jianyang	番米
	Wuyishan	包黍
	Pucheng (Shibei)	包蘿
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	油甜苞
	Changle	油甜苞
	Fuqing	番黍, 玉秫黍, 油甜苞
	Yongtai	油甜苞
	Gutian	金豆
	Fu'an	番豆
	Ningde	番豆
	Shouning	包蘿
	Zhouning	包蘿
	Fuding	番豆
	Matsu	包果
Southern Min	Xiamen	麥穗, 番麥 dated, 蘆黍 dated
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	番仔蘆黍
	Quanzhou	番大麥, 玉蜀黍, 蘆黍 dated
	Jinjiang	番大麥
	Nan'an	番大麥
	Anxi	番珠
	Yongchun	玉穗
	Dehua	玉穗
	Zhangzhou	麥穗, 番黍, 番麥 dated, 蘆黍 dated
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	番麥穗
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	番麥
	Pinghe	番麥
	Zhangpu	麥穗
	Yunxiao	番仔麥穗
	Zhao'an	番麥
	Dongshan	番麥, 玉米
	Taipei	番麥
	Taipei (Wanhua)	番麥
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	番麥
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	番麥
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	番麥
	Kaohsiung	番麥
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	番麥
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	番麥
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	番麥仔
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	番麥仔
	Yilan	番麥
	Yilan (Luodong)	番麥
	Yilan (Toucheng)	番麥
	Changhua (Lukang)	番麥
	Taichung	番麥
	Taichung (Wuqi)	番麥
	Tainan	番麥
	Tainan (Anping)	番麥
	Taitung	番麥
	Taitung (Green Island)	番麥
	Hsinchu	番麥
	Pingtung (Liuqiu)	番麥
	Kinmen	包果, 番麥
	Penghu (Magong)	番仔蘆黍, 番麥
	Penghu (Pengnan)	番蘆黍
	Penghu (Xiyu)	番蘆黍
	Penghu (Huxi)	番蘆黍
	Penghu (Wangan)	番麥
	Penghu (Cimei)	番蘆黍
	Penghu (Huayu)	番蘆黍
	Penghu (Zhongtun)	番蘆黍
	Penghu (Houliao)	番蘆黍
	Penghu (Tongliang)	番麥
	Penghu (Jibei)	番蘆黍
	Penang (Hokkien)	遮戇
	Singapore (Hokkien)	遮戇, 番麥, 番蘆黍
	Manila (Hokkien)	玉米, 番大麥, manis
	Zhangping	番黍
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	番黍
	Datian	番黍
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	包粟
	Pingnan (Sijie)	包粟
	Pingle (Zhoutang)	包穀
	Lechang (Tatou)	包豆
	Yingde (Yuzui)	包粟
	Yunan (Liantan)	包豆
	Chaozhou	薏米仁, 幼美仁
	Raoping	幼米仁
Shantou	金黍米, 幼米仁, 薏米仁, 田螺米, 包穀
Shantou (Chenghai)	金黍米, 幼米仁, 田螺米
Nan'ao (Houzhai)	金黍米, 幼米仁, 田螺米
Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	幼米仁
Jieyang	薏米仁
Puning	薏米仁
Haifeng	薏仁
Bangkok (Teochew)	幼美仁, ข้าวโพด
Chiang Mai (Teochew)	幼美仁, ข้าวโพด
Hat Yai (Teochew)	幼米
Johor Bahru (Teochew)	遮戇
Batam (Teochew)	遮戇
Pontianak (Teochew)	遮戇
Leizhou	黍
Wenchang	包麥, 麥
Haikou	珍珠米
Qionghai	珍珠麥, 包麥
Puxian Min	Putian	黍秫
	Xianyou	番黍
Central Min	Yong'an	包黍
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	粟米
	Sanxiang	粟米
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	玉米
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	玉米
Wu	Shanghai	珍珠米, 玉米
	Shanghai (Chongming)	大米
	Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)	番麥
	Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)	番麥子, 珍珠米
	Shanghai (Jiading)	番麥, 珍珠米
	Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)	珍珠米
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	雞頭粟, 珍珠米
	Suzhou	御麥, 珍珠米
	Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)	蘆粟, 蘆粟米
	Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)	蘆粟, 蘆粟子
	Wuxi	珍珠米
	Changshu	玉麥, 玉麥子
	Kunshan	番麥
	Jiaxing	蘆粟
	Changzhou	玉米
	Liyang	玉米
	Jintan	棒頭, 棒棒頭
	Yixing	玉米
	Danyang	玉米, 玉米粟, 珍珠粟
	Danyang (Tongjiaqiao)	米米
	Jingjiang	玉米
	Jiangyin	余米, 樹米, 玉米
	Huzhou (Shuanglin)	觀音蘇
	Hangzhou	六穀, 玉粟, 玉米
	Shaoxing	玉粟
	Zhuji (Wangjiajing)	六穀
	Shengzhou (Chongren)	六穀
	Shengzhou (Taiping)	六穀
	Ningbo	六穀
	Yuyao	六穀
	Huangyan	玉米, 珍珠米
	Wenzhou	包蘿粟, 糯米粟, 粟麥, 飯糰粟, 珍珠粟
	Quzhou	番米
	Jinhua	包蘿
	Yongkang	專專
Xiang	Changsha	玉米, 包穀
	Loudi	玉米子
	Shuangfeng	包穀, 玉米子
	Quanzhou	包穀

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (玉蜀黍):

• → Korean: 옥촉서(玉蜀黍) (okchokseo)

Others:

• → Early Modern Korean: 옥슈슈 (woksyusyu)
  • Korean: 옥수수 (oksusu)

Japanese

玉蜀黍 (tōmorokoshi): a botanical illustration of the maize or corn plant.

Kanji in this term
玉	蜀	黍
とうもろこし
Grade: 1	Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

Etymology

/taumorokoɕi/ → /tɔːmorokoɕi/ → /toːmorokoɕi/

Originally a compound of 唐 (tō, “Tang Dynasty; China in general; (by extension) foreign”) +‎ もろこし (morokoshi, “sorghum”), from the visual similarities between the sorghum and maize plants.

The spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓) from Chinese, and appears to be a compound of 玉 (yù, “jade, jewel”) + 蜀黍 (shǔshǔ, “sorghum”, literally “Shu millet”). Compare modern Mandarin 玉蜀黍 (yùshǔshǔ, “maize”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とーも​ろこし [tòómóꜜròkòshì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːmo̞ɾo̞ko̞ɕi]

Noun

玉蜀黍(とうもろこし) or 玉蜀黍(トウモロコシ) • (tōmorokoshi) ^{←たうもろこし (taumorokosi)?}

1. maize, corn (especially corn on the cob)

Usage notes

More common usage of the term is in katakana (トウモロコシ) or hiragana (とうもろこし) and perhaps never in kanji (玉蜀黍). For loose-kernel corn, the more common term in Japanese is コーン (kōn).