檸檬

檸檬

See also: 柠檬

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (檸檬)		檸	檬
simp. (柠檬)		柠	檬
alternative forms		黎檬 黎朦 宜蒙 來檬／来檬 萊檬／莱檬

檸檬/柠檬

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū). For Taiwanese Min Nan lê-bóng and Hakka lê-móng, via Japanese 檸檬(レモン) (remon), from English lemon. For Philippine Hokkien, directly from English lemon.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): níngméng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄥˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): лиму (limu, I-II) / лиму (limu, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ning⁴ mung^4-1
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lê-móng
• Jin (Wiktionary): ning¹ meng¹
• Min Dong (BUC): nìng-mùng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): lê-bóng / lêng-bông / lê--mong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lêng⁵ mong⁵ / lêng⁵ mou⁵ / lam⁵ mong² / nam⁵ mong²

• Wu (Wiktionary): nyin mon (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: níngméng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: níngméng
    • Wade–Giles: ning²-mêng²
    • Yale: níng-méng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ningmeng
    • Palladius: нинмэн (ninmɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niŋ³⁵ mɤŋ³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: лиму (limu, I-II) / лиму (limu, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²⁴ mou⁵¹/, /li²⁴ mou²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ning⁴ mung^4-1
    • Yale: nìhng mūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ning⁴ mung^4-1
    • Guangdong Romanization: ning⁴ mung^4-1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɪŋ²¹ mʊŋ²¹⁻⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lê-móng
    • Hakka Romanization System: le´ mong`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: le¹ mong³
    • Sinological IPA: /le²⁴ moŋ³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ning¹ meng¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /nĩŋ¹¹ mə̃ŋ¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nìng-mùng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡiŋ⁵³⁻³³ muŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lê-bóng
    • Tâi-lô: lê-bóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: le'borng
    • IPA (Taipei): /le²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /le²³⁻³³ bɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, dated in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-bông
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-bông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengboong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ bɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² bɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² bɔŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lê--mong
    • Tâi-lô: lê--mong
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lêng⁵ mong⁵ / lêng⁵ mou⁵ / lam⁵ mong² / nam⁵ mong²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng mông / lêng môu / lâm móng / nâm móng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ moŋ⁵⁵/, /leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mou⁵⁵/, /lam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ moŋ⁵²/, /nam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ moŋ⁵²/

Note:

• lêng5 mong5/lêng5 mou5 - literary;
• lam5 mong2/nam5 mong2 - vernacular.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: nyin mon (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲɪɲ²² mʊŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

檸檬

1. lemon (fruit, tree)

Synonyms

• (dated) 宜母子 (yímǔzǐ)

Derived terms

檸檬水／柠檬水 (níngméngshuǐ) 檸檬汁／柠檬汁 (níngméngzhī) 檸檬烯／柠檬烯 (níngméngxī) 檸檬精／柠檬精 (níngméngjīng) 檸檬素／柠檬素 檸檬色／柠檬色 (níngméngsè) 檸檬茶／柠檬茶 (níngméngchá) 檸檬草／柠檬草 (níngméngcǎo)

檸檬酸／柠檬酸 (níngméngsuān) 檸檬醛／柠檬醛 (níngméngquán) 檸檬醬／柠檬酱 (níngméngjiàng) 檸檬香茅／柠檬香茅 (níngméng xiāngmáo) 甜檸檬心理／甜柠檬心理 青檸檬／青柠檬 食檸檬／食柠檬

Proper noun

檸檬

1. (～埠) (dated) Puerto Limón (a city, the capital city of Limón, Costa Rica)

Synonyms

• 利蒙

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
檸	檬
れ Hyōgaiji	もん Hyōgaiji
irregular

Etymology

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓) and ateji (当て字), from Chinese 檸檬

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) レ​モン [réꜜmòǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) レモン [rèmóń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɾe̞mõ̞ɴ]

Noun

檸檬(レモン) • (remon) 

1. Dated spelling of レモン (“lemon”).