麥嶺

Chinese
wheat; barley; oats mountain range
trad. (麥嶺) 麥 嶺
simp. (麦岭) 麦 岭

Etymology

Calque of Korean 보릿고개 (boritgogae, literally “barley pass”).

Pronunciation

Noun

麥嶺

  1. (Korean Classical Chinese) annual period of food shortage around May, when the autumn rice harvest is nearly exhausted but the June barley harvest is not yet ready

Japanese
Kanji in this term
麥 嶺
ばく
Hyōgaiji		 れい
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 麥嶺 – see the following entry.
【麦嶺バークレー】
[proper noun] (obsolete) Berkeley (a city in Alameda, California, United States)
Alternative spelling
ばくれい
(This term, 麥嶺, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean
Hanja in this term
麥嶺

Noun

麥嶺 • (maengnyeong) (hangeul 맥령)

  1. Hanja form? of 맥령 (“Synonym of 보릿고개 (boritgogae)”).
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