荷爾蒙

Chinese

	phonetic
trad. (荷爾蒙)	荷	爾	蒙
simp. (荷尔蒙)	荷	尔	蒙
variant forms	賀爾蒙／贺尔蒙

Etymology

Borrowed from English hormone. For Taiwanese Min Nan and Hakka, via Japanese ホルモン (horumon).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hé'ěrméng, hè'ěrméng
(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄦˇ ㄇㄥˊ, ㄏㄜˋ ㄦˇ ㄇㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁶ ji⁵ mung⁴, ho⁴ ji⁵ mung⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hò-lu-móng
Min Nan (POJ): hô-ní-bông / ho͘-lú-bóng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: hé'ěrméng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄦˇ ㄇㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hereelmeng
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mɤŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: hè'ěrméng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˋ ㄦˇ ㄇㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heheelmeng
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho⁶ ji⁵ mung⁴, ho⁴ ji⁵ mung⁴
  - Yale: hoh yíh mùhng, hòh yíh mùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁶ ji⁵ mung⁴, ho⁴ ji⁵ mung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho⁶ yi⁵ mung⁴, ho⁴ yi⁵ mung⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔː²² jiː¹³ mʊŋ²¹/, /hɔː²¹ jiː¹³ mʊŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hò-lu-móng
  - Hakka Romanization System: hoˇ lu mong`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho² lu⁴ mong³
  - IPA: /ho¹¹ lu⁵⁵ moŋ³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-ní-bông
  - Tâi-lô: hô-ní-bông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoiny'boong
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ nĩ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɔŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ho͘-lú-bóng
  - Tâi-lô: hoo-lú-bóng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: holw'borng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ lu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔŋ⁵³/

Note: ho͘-lú-bóng - from Japanese.

Noun

荷爾蒙

(physiology) hormone

Synonyms

激素 (jīsù)