Chinese

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honey bee; wasp
simp. and trad.
(蜜蜂)
2nd round simp. 宓夆
anagram 蜂蜜

Pronunciation

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Note: bhêg8 - Jieyang.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (4) (3) (2)
Final () (48) (1) (7)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III I III
Fanqie
Baxter mjit buwng phjowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/miɪt̚/ /buŋ/ /pʰɨoŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/mit̚/ /buŋ/ /pʰioŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/mjet̚/ /buŋ/ /pʰioŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mit̚/ /bəwŋ/ /pʰuawŋ/
Li
Rong
/miĕt̚/ /buŋ/ /pʰioŋ/
Wang
Li
/mĭĕt̚/ /buŋ/ /pʰĭwoŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯ĕt̚/ /bʱuŋ/ /pʰi̯woŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
péng fēng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mat6 pung4 fung1
 
蜜蜂

Noun

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蜜蜂

  1. bee; honey bee (Classifier: m c;  m)

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (蜜蜂):
  • Korean: 밀봉(蜜蜂) (milbong)
  • Vietnamese: mật ong (蜜蜂)

See also

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Japanese

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Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ja
 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
 
蜜蜂(みつばち) (mitsubachi): a honey bee.
Kanji in this term
みつ
Grade: S
はち > ばち
Grade: S
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

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Compound of (mitsu, honey) +‎ (hachi, bee).[1][2][3] The hachi changes to bachi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(みつ)(ばち) or 蜜蜂(ミツバチ) (mitsubachi

  1. honey bee

Usage notes

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As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ミツバチ.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN