薏苡仁

Chinese

		Job's tears	humane; kernel
trad. (薏苡仁)		薏苡	仁
simp. #(薏苡仁)		薏苡	仁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìyǐrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄧˇ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji³ ji⁵ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìyǐrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄧˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìyǐrén
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-i³-jên²
    • Yale: yì-yǐ-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihyiiren
    • Palladius: иижэнь (iižɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji³ ji⁵ jan⁴
    • Yale: yi yíh yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji³ ji⁵ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi³ yi⁵ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː³³ jiː¹³ jɐn²¹/

Noun

薏苡仁

1. seed of Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi) (believed to be able to treat afflictions such as urinary tract infections)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 薏米 (“seed of Job's tears”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		薏米, 薏仁, 苡仁, 苡米, 薏仁米, 薏苡仁
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	薏仁
	Singapore	薏米
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	薏仁米子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	薏米
	Hong Kong	薏米
	Taishan	薏米
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	薏米
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	薏仁
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	薏仁
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	薏仁
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	薏仁
Northern Min	Jian'ou	米薏
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	薏米
Southern Min	Xiamen	薏仁
	Zhao'an	薏米
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	薏仁
	Kaohsiung	薏仁
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	薏仁
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	薏仁
	Yilan (Luodong)	薏仁
	Yilan (Toucheng)	薏仁
	Tainan	薏仁
	Tainan (Anping)	薏仁
	Penghu (Xiyu)	薏仁
	Penang (Hokkien)	薏米, barli
	Singapore (Hokkien)	薏米, 幼米
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	薏米
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	薏米
Wu	Wenzhou	薏仁米

Japanese

Kanji in this term
薏	苡	仁
よく Hyōgai	い Hyōgai	にん Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jo̞kɯ̟iɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

薏(よく)苡(い)仁(にん) • (yokuinin) 

1. seed of Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi) (believed to be able to treat afflictions such as urinary tract infections)