蜂蜜

蜂蜜

Chinese

		bee; wasp	honey
simp. and trad. (蜂蜜)		蜂	蜜
anagram		蜜蜂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): fēngmì

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄇㄧˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): фынми (fɨnmi, I-II) / фынми (fɨnmi, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ mat⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phûng-me̍t
• Min Dong (BUC): pŭng-mĭk
• Min Nan (POJ): phang-bi̍t / hong-bi̍t
• Wu (Wiktionary): fon miq (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fēngmì
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄇㄧˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengmih
    • IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ mi⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: фынми (fɨnmi, I-II) / фынми (fɨnmi, I-I)
    • IPA ^(key): /fə̃²⁴ miː⁵¹/, /fə̃²⁴ miː²⁴/

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

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: fung¹ mat⁶
    • Yale: fūng maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ med⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ mɐt̚²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 蜂蜜 風物／风物

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phûng-me̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: pung´ med
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pung¹ med⁶
    • IPA: /pʰuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ met̚⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: pŭng-mĭk
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰuŋ⁵⁵ miʔ⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phang-bi̍t
    • Tâi-lô: phang-bi̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phangbit
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰaŋ³³ bit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bit̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bit̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-bi̍t
    • Tâi-lô: hong-bi̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongbit
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ bit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bit̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bit̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: fon miq (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ mi̯ɪʔ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /buŋ|pʰɨoŋ  miɪt̚/▼

Rime
Character	蜂	蜂	蜜
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	滂 (2)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	鍾 (7)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III	III
Fanqie	薄紅切	敷容切	彌畢切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buŋ/	/pʰɨoŋ/	/miɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/buŋ/	/pʰioŋ/	/mit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/buŋ/	/pʰioŋ/	/mjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bəwŋ/	/pʰuawŋ/	/mit̚/
Li Rong	/buŋ/	/pʰioŋ/	/miĕt̚/
Wang Li	/buŋ/	/pʰĭwoŋ/	/mĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuŋ/	/pʰi̯woŋ/	/mi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	péng	fēng	mì

Noun

蜂蜜

1. honey (sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蜂蜜 (“honey”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蜂蜜
Mandarin	Beijing	蜂蜜
	Taiwan	蜂蜜
	Jinan	蜂蜜, 蜜
	Xi'an	蜂蜜, 蜂糖
	Wuhan	蜂蜜
	Chengdu	蜂糖, 蜂蜜
	Yangzhou	蜂蜜, 蜜
	Hefei	蜂蜜
	Malaysia	蜂蜜, 蜜糖
	Singapore	蜂蜜, 蜜糖
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蜜糖
	Hong Kong	蜜糖
	Taishan	蜜糖
	Yangjiang	蜜糖
Gan	Nanchang	蜜糖, 蜜
Hakka	Meixian	蜂糖
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蜂糖
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	蜂糖
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	蜂糖
	Dongshi (Dabu)	蜂糖
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	蜂糖
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	蜂糖
Jin	Taiyuan	蜂蜜, 蜜
Min Bei	Jian'ou	蜂糖
Min Dong	Fuzhou	蜂蜜, 蜜
Min Nan	Xiamen	蜂蜜, 蜜
	Quanzhou	蜂蜜, 蜜
	Zhangzhou	蜂蜜, 蜜
	Taipei	蜂蜜, 蜜
	Penang	蜜糖
	Chaozhou	蜂蜜
Wu	Shanghai	蜜糖
	Suzhou	蜜糖, 蜜
	Wenzhou	蜜, 蜂蜜
Xiang	Changsha	蜜糖
	Shuangfeng	蜂糖, 蜜糖

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蜂蜜):

• → Korean: 봉밀 (蜂蜜, bongmil)
• → Vietnamese: phong mật (蜂蜜)

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Japanese

蜂蜜 (hachimitsu): honey.

Kanji in this term
蜂	蜜
はち Grade: S	みつ Grade: S
yutōyomi

Etymology

Compound of 蜂 (hachi, “bee”) +‎ 蜜 (mitsu, “honey”).

Pronunciation

• Yutōyomi
  • (Tokyo) はちみつ [hàchímítsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ha̠t͡ɕimʲit͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

蜂蜜 (hiragana はちみつ, katakana ハチミツ, rōmaji hachimitsu)

1. honey

Derived terms

• 蜂蜜色 (はちみついろ) (hachimitsu iro): the colour of honey

See also

• 蜜蜂 (みつばち) (mitsubachi): a honeybee
• 蜜蝋 (みつろう) (mitsurō): beeswax

References

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