烏梅

烏梅

See also: 乌梅

Chinese

		a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void	plum flower
trad. (烏梅)		烏	梅
simp. (乌梅)		乌	梅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūméi

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ mui⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): o͘-môe / o͘-m̂ / o͘-mûi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wūméi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄇㄟˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: umei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wuméi
    • IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu¹ mui⁴
    • Yale: wū mùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ mui⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ mui⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ muːy̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-môe
    • Tâi-lô: oo-muê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: omoee
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ muẽ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-m̂
    • Tâi-lô: oo-m̂
    • Phofsit Daibuun: o'mm
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ m̩²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-mûi
    • Tâi-lô: oo-muî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: omuii
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ muĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ muĩ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔuo  muʌi/▼

Rime
Character	烏	梅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	哀都切	莫杯切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuo/	/muʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔuo/	/muoi/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔo/	/muɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɔ/	/mwəj/
Li Rong	/ʔo/	/muᴀi/
Wang Li	/u/	/muɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔuo/	/muɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wū	méi

Noun

烏梅

1. smoked ume; dark plum (used in traditional Chinese medicine)

Derived terms

烏梅仔酒／乌梅仔酒

烏梅酒／乌梅酒

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
烏	梅
う Jinmeiyō	ばい Grade: 4

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 烏梅 (MC ʔuo muʌi, literally “crow + plum”). The 烏 (“crow”) character here is used for its metaphoric meaning of black.[1]

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) うばい [ùbáí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • (Tokyo) う​ばい [úꜜbàì] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝba̠i]

Noun

烏梅 (hiragana うばい, rōmaji ubai)

1. (medicine) an unripe Japanese ume that has been smoked over a fire until black, used as a pigment and in traditional medicines to treat inflammation of the throat

Synonyms

• 燻 (ふすべ)梅 (うめ) (fusube ume)
• 梅 (うめ)干 (ぼ)し (umeboshi), 梅 (うめ)干 (ぼし) (umeboshi) (used less commonly for this sense)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9