白玉
Chinese
white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous | jade | ||
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simp. and trad. (白玉) | 白 | 玉 |
Pronunciation
Noun
白玉
- white jade
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
Phono-semantic matching of Tibetan དཔལ་ཡུལ (dpal yul).
Proper noun
白玉
- (~縣) Baiyu County (a county of Sichuan, China)
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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白 | 玉 |
しら Grade: 1 | たま Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
白 (shira, “white”) + 玉 (tama, “ball; gem”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɕiɾa̠ta̠ma̠]
Noun
白玉 • (shiratama)
- white gem, such as a pearl
- rice flour dumpling
- (figuratively) an especially dear person
- 白玉のわが子
- shiratama no wagako
- this precious child of ours
- 白玉のわが子
- abbreviation of 白玉椿 (shiratamatsubaki, “white camellia”)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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白 | 玉 |
はく Grade: 1 | ぎょく Grade: 1 |
kan’on |
白 (haku, “white”) + 玉 (gyoku, “gem”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ha̠kɯ̟ᵝɡʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]
Noun
白玉 • (hakugyoku)
- a white colored gem; (especially) a white pearl
See also
- 白玉 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja
References
- “白玉”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN