椰子

椰子

Chinese

		coconut	diminutive suffix
simp. and trad. (椰子)		椰	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yēzi, yézi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝ ˙ㄗ, ㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁴ zi²
• Min Dong (BUC): ià-cī
• Min Nan (POJ): iâ-chí
• Wu (Wiktionary): ia tsr (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: yēzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝ ˙ㄗ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ie.tzy
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yezi̊h
    • IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: yézi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ye.tzy
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yézi̊h
    • IPA ^(key): /jɛ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁴ zi²
    • Yale: yèh jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁴ ji²
    • IPA ^(key): /jɛː²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ià-cī
    • IPA ^(key): /ia⁵³⁻³³ ^(t͡s-)ʒi³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Kaohsiung, Hsinchu, Kinmen, Lukang, Magong, Sanxia, Taichung, Tainan, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâ-chí
    • Tâi-lô: iâ-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iacie
    • IPA (Kinmen): /ia²⁴⁻¹² t͡ɕi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia²³⁻³³ t͡ɕi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ia²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕi⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ia tsr (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /ia̱⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /jia  t͡sɨ^X/▼

Rime
Character	椰	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	以遮切	即里切
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	yé	zǐ

Noun

椰子

1. coconut

Synonyms

• 椰 (yē)
• (Hakka, Min Nan) 椰仔
• (Min Nan) 鱟薸／鲎薸

See also

• 椰漿／椰浆 (yējiāng)
• 椰奶 (yēnǎi)
• 椰汁 (yēzhī)

Derived terms

椰子樹／椰子树 (yēzishù) 椰子水 (yēzishuǐ) 椰子汁 (yēzizhī) 椰子油 (yēziyóu)

椰子糖 (yēzitáng) 椰子蟹 (yēzixiè) 海椰子 (hǎiyēzi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (椰子):

• → Japanese: 椰 (や)子 (し) (yashi)
• → Korean: 야자 (椰子, yaja)
• → Vietnamese: gia tử (椰子)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
椰	子
や Jinmeiyō	し Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 椰子

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) や​し [yáꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ja̠ɕi]

Noun

椰子 (hiragana やし, katakana ヤシ, rōmaji yashi)

1. the coconut palm, or more generally, any palm tree
   • 1999 July 5, “ヤシの木き [Palm Tree]”, in BOOSTER 3, Konami:

     意 (い)志 (し)をもつヤシの木 (き)。実 (み)を落 (お)として攻 (こう)撃 (げき)。実 (み)の中 (なか)のミルクはおいしい。

     Ishi o motsu yashi no ki. Mi o otoshite kōgeki. Mi no naka no miruku wa oishii.

     A sentient palm tree that attacks by dropping nuts which contain delicious milk.

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• (coconut palm): ココ椰 (や)子 (し) (kokoyashi)

Derived terms

• 油椰子 (あぶらやし) (aburayashi, “African oil palm”)
• アレカ椰 (や)子 (し) (arekayashi, “areca palm”)
• ココ椰 (や)子 (し) (kokoyashi, “coconut palm”)
• サゴ椰 (や)子 (し) (sagoyashi, “sago palm”)
• 砂糖椰子 (さとうやし) (satōyashi, “sugar palm”)
• 象牙椰子 (ぞうげやし) (zōgeyashi, “ivory palm”)
• 大王椰子 (だいおうやし) (daiōyashi, “royal palm”)
• テーブル椰 (や)子 (し) (tēburuyashi, “parlour palm”)
• 棗椰子 (なつめやし) (natsumeyashi, “date palm”)
• ニッパ椰 (や)子 (し) (nippayashi, “nipa palm”)
• 椰 (や)子 (し)科 (か) (yashika, “Arecaceae”)
• 椰子蟹 (やしがに) (yashigani, “coconut crab”)
• 椰子糖 (やしとう) (yashitō, “palm sugar”)
• 椰 (や)子 (し)油 (ゆ) (yashiyu, “coconut oil”)
• ラフィア椰 (や)子 (し) (rafiayashi, “raffia palm”)
• 蝋椰子 (ろうやし) (rōyashi, “carnauba palm”)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

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Korean

Hanja in this term
椰	子

Noun

椰子 • (yaja) (hangeul 야자)

1. Hanja form^? of 야자 (“coconut palm”).