巴旦木
Chinese
almond | tree; wood | ||
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simp. and trad. (巴旦木) | 巴旦 | 木 |
Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of Persian بادام (bâdâm, “almond”) via Uyghur بادام (badam, “almond”) and making use of the native Chinese word 木 (mù, “tree”).
Pronunciation
Noun
巴旦木
- almond
Synonyms
- 扁桃 (biǎntáo)
- 杏仁 (xìngrén)