薄荷

薄荷

Chinese

		thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint	peppermint; to carry burden; lotus
trad. (薄荷)		薄	荷
simp. #(薄荷)		薄	荷

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bòhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bok⁶ ho⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): po⁵ ho
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pho̍k-hò
• Min Bei (KCR): bó̤-hô̤
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): po̍h-hô / po̍k-hô

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bo⁷ ho³

• Wu (Wiktionary): bu hu (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bòhé → bòhe (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ → ㄅㄛˋ ˙ㄏㄜ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bòhe̊
    • Wade–Giles: po⁴-ho⁵
    • Yale: bwò-he
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: boh.her
    • Palladius: бохэ (boxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pwɔ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/ → /pwɔ⁵¹ xə¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bok⁶ ho⁴
    • Yale: bohk hòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁹ ho⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bog⁶ ho⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚² hɔː²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: po⁵ ho
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰo¹¹ ho¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pho̍k-hò
    • Hakka Romanization System: pog hoˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pog⁶ ho²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰok̚⁵ ho¹¹/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bó̤-hô̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔ⁵⁴ xɔ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍h-hô
    • Tâi-lô: po̍h-hô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poiqhooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /po(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ho²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k-hô
    • Tâi-lô: po̍k-hô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poghooi
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² hɤ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bo⁷ ho³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pō hò
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /po¹¹ ho²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: bu hu (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /b̥v̩ʷ²² hv̩ʷ⁴⁴/

Noun

薄荷

1. mint (Mentha plants, including peppermint)

Derived terms

胡椒薄荷 (hújiāobòhé) 薄荷毸 薄荷油 (bòhéyóu) 薄荷精 薄荷糖 (bòhétáng)

薄荷醇 (bòhéchún) 薄荷腦／薄荷脑 (bòhénǎo) 薄荷醬／薄荷酱 貓薄荷／猫薄荷 (māobòhe) 金錢薄荷／金钱薄荷 (jīnqiánbòhe)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (薄荷):

• → Japanese: 薄(はっ)荷(か) (hakka)
• → Korean: 박하(薄荷) (bakha)
• → Vietnamese: bạc hà (薄荷)

Others:

• → Zhuang: bozhoz

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
薄	荷
はく > はっ Grade: S	か Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 薄荷.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) はっか [hàkká] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ha̠k̚ka̠]

Noun

薄(はっ)荷(か) • (hakka) ^{←はくか (fakuka)?}

1. Synonym of ミント (minto, “mint”) (plant)
2. Short for 日本薄荷 (Nihon hakka, “Japanese mint”).

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 日(ニ)本(ホン)薄(ハッ)荷(カ) (Nihon hakka)
• 西(セイ)洋(ヨウ)薄(ハッ)荷(カ) (Seiyō hakka)
• 薄荷精(はっかせい) (hakkasei)
• 薄荷糖(はっかとう) (hakkatō)
• 薄荷脳(はっかのう) (hakkanō)
• 薄荷(はっか)パイプ (hakkapaipu)
• 薄荷油(はっかゆ) (hakkayu)
• 花薄荷(はなはっか) (hanahakka)
• 山薄荷(やまはっか) (yamahakka)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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

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Korean

Hanja in this term
薄	荷

Noun

薄荷 • (bakha) (hangeul 박하)

1. Hanja form^? of 박하 (“mint”).

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Okinawan

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 薄荷. Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as はくか.[1].

Noun

薄荷 (hiragana ふぁっか, romaji fakka, hiragana はっか, romaji hakka)

1. mint

References

1. 1896: 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”). In Japanese. http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/992016/80

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
薄	荷

Noun

薄荷

1. chữ Hán form of bạc hà (“mint”).