芭蕉

Chinese

a kind of fragrant grass banana
trad. (芭蕉)
simp. #(芭蕉)
alternative forms 巴蕉

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (1) (13)
Final () (98) (91)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II III
Fanqie
Baxter pae tsjew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pˠa/ /t͡siᴇu/
Pan
Wuyun
/pᵚa/ /t͡siɛu/
Shao
Rongfen
/pa/ /t͡sjæu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/paɨ/ /t͡siaw/
Li
Rong
/pa/ /t͡siɛu/
Wang
Li
/pa/ /t͡sĭɛu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pa/ /t͡si̯ɛu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiāo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
baa1 ziu1

Noun

芭蕉

  1. Japanese banana (Musa basjoo) (Classifier: m c;  m;  m c)
  2. () Musa
  3. () Musaceae
  4. (Luchuan Cantonese, Dungan, Eastern Min) banana
  5. (informal) plantain; banana

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 松尾芭蕉
  • 芭蕉布
  • 芭蕉扇 (bājiāoshàn)
  • 芭蕉果
  • 芭蕉洞 (bājiāodòng)
  • 芭蕉科
  • 芭蕉芋
  • 蘭嶼芭蕉兰屿芭蕉

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (芭蕉):
  • Japanese: ()(しょう) (bashō)
  • Korean: 파초(芭蕉) (pacho)
  • Vietnamese: ba tiêu (芭蕉)

Proper noun

芭蕉

  1. (侗族鄉) Bajiao (a township in Enshi, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
しょう
Jinmeiyō
kan’yōon on’yomi

Etymology

/baseu//baɕeu//baɕoː/

Possibly from Middle Chinese 芭蕉 (MC pae tsjew). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Written as はせを (pasewo → hasewo → haseo) in older texts.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しょー [bàshóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ba̠ɕo̞ː]

Noun

()(しょう) or 芭蕉(バショウ) • (bashō) ばせう (baseu) or バセウ (baseu)?

  1. Japanese banana (Musa basjoo)
    Synonym: 庭見草 (niwamigusa)
  2. Short for 芭蕉梶木 (bashō kajiki): Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus)

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 バショウ.

Derived terms

See also

Proper noun

()(しょう) • (Bashō) ばせう (baseu)?

  1. Short for 松尾芭蕉 (Matsuo Bashō): Edo-period haikai and haiku poet

Derived terms

  • ()(しょう)(あん) (Bashō-an)
  • ()(しょう)() (Bashō-ki)

References

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