鞭毛

Chinese

		a whip or lash; to flog; slash or whip	hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
simp. and trad. (鞭毛)		鞭	毛

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鞭毛(べんもう) (benmō) (Huang, 2020).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biānmáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢ ㄇㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biānmáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢ ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bianmáo
    • Wade–Giles: pien¹-mao²
    • Yale: byān-máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianmau
    • Palladius: бяньмао (bjanʹmao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/

Noun

鞭毛

1. (biology) flagellum [from 1910s]

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鞭	毛
べん Jinmeiyō	もう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) べ​んもー [béꜜǹmòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [bẽ̞mːo̞ː]

Noun

鞭(べん)毛(もう) • (benmō) ^{←べんもう (benmou)?}

1. [from 1884] flagellum

Korean

Hanja in this term
鞭	毛

Noun

鞭毛 • (pyeonmo) (hangeul 편모)

1. Hanja form^? of 편모 (“flagellum”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
鞭	毛

Noun

鞭毛

1. chữ Hán form of tiên mao (“flagellum”).