椰子

Chinese

coconut diminutive suffix
trad. (椰子)
simp. #(椰子)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (36) (13)
Final () (100) (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter yae tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jia/ /t͡sɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/jia/ /t͡sɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ia/ /t͡sieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/jia/ /t͡sɨX/
Li
Rong
/ia/ /t͡siəX/
Wang
Li
/jĭa/ /t͡sĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯a/ /t͡siX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
je4 zi2

Noun

椰子

  1. coconut (Classifier: m;  m c)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (椰子):
  • Japanese: 椰子(やし) (yashi)
  • Korean: 야자(椰子) (yaja)

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō

Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 椰子 (jia t͡sɨX).

Pronunciation

Noun

()() or 椰子(ヤシ) • (yashi) 

  1. coconut palm, or more generally, any palm tree

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

椰子 • (yaja) (hangeul 야자)

  1. Hanja form? of 야자 (coconut palm).
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