蜜蜂

Chinese

	honey	bee; wasp
simp. and trad. (蜜蜂)	蜜	蜂
2nd round simp.	宓夆
anagram	蜂蜜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): mìfēng
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ ㄈㄥ
(Chengdu, SP): mi² fong¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ fung¹
Gan (Wiktionary): 'mit⁶ fung¹
Jin (Wiktionary): mieh⁴ feng¹
Min Dong (BUC): mĭk-pŭng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): bi̍t-phang
(Teochew, Peng'im): bhig⁸ pang¹ / bhêg⁸ pang¹
Wu (Wiktionary): miq fon (T5)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mìfēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ ㄈㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mìfong
  - Wade–Giles: mi⁴-fêng¹
  - Yale: mì-fēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mihfeng
  - Palladius: мифэн (mifɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    蜜蜂
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (蜜蜂兒／蜜蜂儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mìfēngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ ㄈㄥㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mìfongr
  - Wade–Giles: mi⁴-fêngrh¹
  - Yale: mì-fēngr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mihfengl
  - Palladius: мифэнр (mifɛnr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹ fɤ̃ɻ⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: mi² fong¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mifung
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²¹ foŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: mat⁶ fung¹
  - Yale: maht fūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ fung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ fung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² fʊŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    密封
    蜜蜂
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: 'mit⁶ fung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈmit̚⁵ fuŋ⁴²/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: mieh⁴ feng¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /miəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ fə̃ŋ¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mĭk-pŭng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miʔ⁵⁻⁵⁵ pʰuŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bi̍t-phang
  - Tâi-lô: bi̍t-phang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bidphafng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bit̚²⁴⁻² pʰaŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ pʰaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /bit̚⁴⁻³² pʰaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Penang): /bit̚⁴⁻³ pʰaŋ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bhig⁸ pang¹ / bhêg⁸ pang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bi̍k phang / be̍k phang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /bik̚⁴⁻² pʰaŋ³³/, /bek̚⁴⁻² pʰaŋ³³/

Note: bhêg8 - Jieyang.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: miq fon (T5)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɪʔ¹¹ fʊŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: /miɪt̚ buŋ|pʰɨoŋ/

Rime
Character	蜜	蜂	蜂
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	並 (3)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	眞 (48)	東 (1)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I	III
Fanqie	彌畢切	薄紅切	敷容切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miɪt̚/	/buŋ/	/pʰɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/mit̚/	/buŋ/	/pʰioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/mjet̚/	/buŋ/	/pʰioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mit̚/	/bəwŋ/	/pʰuawŋ/
Li Rong	/miĕt̚/	/buŋ/	/pʰioŋ/
Wang Li	/mĭĕt̚/	/buŋ/	/pʰĭwoŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ĕt̚/	/bʱuŋ/	/pʰi̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mì	péng	fēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mat⁶	pung⁴	fung¹

蜜蜂

Noun

蜜蜂

bee; honey bee (Classifier: 隻／只 m c; 群 m)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蜜蜂 (“honeybee”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蜜蜂, 蠟蜂
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蜜蜂
Taxonomic name		蜜蜂
Mandarin	Beijing	蜜蜂
	Taiwan	蜜蜂
	Langfang	蜜蜂兒
	Tangshan	蜜蜂
	Cangzhou	蜜蜂
	Baoding	蜜蜂兒
	Shijiazhuang	蜜蜂
	Daming	蜜蜂
	Ulanhot	蜜蜂
	Tongliao	蜜蜂
	Chifeng	蜜蜂
	Bayanhot	蜜蜂
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	蜜蜂
	Harbin	蜜蜂兒
	Shenyang	蜜蜂
	Yantai (Muping)	蜜蜂兒, 蜜蜂子, 蜜蜂
	Jinan	蜜蜂
	Luoyang	蜜蜂兒, 蜂兒
	Wanrong	蜜蜂, 蜂
	Zhengzhou	蜜蜂
	Xi'an	蜜蜂兒, 蜜蜂, 蜂
	Yinchuan	蜜蜂
	Lanzhou	蜂兒
	Xining	蜜蜂兒, 蜜蜂
	Ürümqi	蜜蜂
	Wuhan	蜂子, 蜜蜂
	Huanggang	蜂子
	Chengdu	蜂子, 蜜蜂
	Guiyang	蜜蜂
	Kunming	蜜蜂
	Guilin	蜜蜂
	Pingle	蜜蜂
	Liuzhou	蜜蜂
	Luzhai	蜜蜂
	Xuzhou	蜂子
	Yangzhou	蜜蜂
	Hefei	蜜蜂
	Singapore	蜜蜂
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	蜜蜂兒, 蜜蜂子, 蜂兒
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	蜜蜂
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蜜蜂
	Hong Kong	蜜蜂
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	蜜仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	蜜
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	蜜仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	蜜仔
	Macau	蜜蜂
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	蜜蜂
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	蜜蜂
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	蜜仔
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	蜜仔
	Foshan	蜜蜂
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	蜜蜂
	Foshan (Shunde)	蜜蜂
	Foshan (Sanshui)	蜜蜂
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	蜜蜂
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	蜜蜂
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	蜜蜂
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	蜜蜂
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	蜜蜂
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	蜜蜂
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	蜜蜂
	Taishan	蜜蜂
	Kaiping (Chikan)	蜜蜂
	Enping (Niujiang)	蜜蜂
	Heshan (Yayao)	蜜蜂
	Dongguan	蜜蜂
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	蜜蜂
	Qingyuan	蜜蜂
	Fogang	蜜仔
	Yingde (Hanguang)	蜜蜂
	Yangshan	蜜蜂
	Lianshan (Butian)	蜜蜂
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	蜜蜂
	Shaoguan	蜜蜂
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	蜜蜂
	Renhua	蜜仔
	Lechang	蜜蜂
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	蜜蜂
	Sihui	蜜蜂
	Guangning	蜜仔
	Deqing	蜜蜂
	Huaiji	蜜蜂
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	蜜, 蜜蜂
	Yunfu	蜜仔
	Xinxing	蜜仔
	Luoding	蜜蜂
	Yunan (Pingtai)	蜜蜂
	Yangjiang	蜜蜂
	Xinyi	蜜蜂
	Lianjiang	蜜蜂
	Nanning	蜜蜂
	Wuzhou	蜜蜂
	Yulin	蜜蜂
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	糖蜂
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	蜜蜂, 蜜仔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蜜蜂
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	蜜蜂
Gan	Nanchang	蜜蜂
	Lichuan	蜜蜂
	Pingxiang	蜂子
Hakka	Meixian	糖蜂仔, 蜂仔, 蜜蜂
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	禾蜂
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	蜜仔
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	黃蜂
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	蜜仔
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	蜜子
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	蜜子
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	蜂哩
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	蜂哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	蜂哩
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	蜂哩
	Conghua (Lütian)	蜜蜂
	Jiexi	糖蜂
	Luhe	蜂仔
	Wuping	糖蜂子
	Yudu	蜂子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	糖蜂仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	糖蜂仔, 蜂仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	糖蜂仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	糖蜂, 蜂
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	糖蜂仔, 蜂仔, 糖蜂
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蜜蜂, 蜂
	Hong Kong	蜜仔
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	糖蜂
	Sabah (Longchuan)	蜜仔
	Senai (Huiyang)	蜜蜂
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	蜂
	Singkawang	蜂
Huizhou	Jixi	蜂
Huizhou	Tunxi	蜜蜂
Jin	Taiyuan	蜜蜂
	Pingyao	蜜蠅兒
	Taibus (Baochang)	蜜蜂
	Linhe	蜜蜂
	Jining	蜜蜂
	Hohhot	蜜蜂
	Baotou	蜜蜂
	Dongsheng	蜂兒
	Haibowan	蜂兒
	Zhangjiakou	蜜蜂兒
	Handan	蜜蜂兒
Min Bei	Jian'ou	蜂, 糖蜂, 蜜蜂
Min Bei	Wuyishan	蜂仔
Min Dong	Fuzhou	蜜蜂, 蜂
	Fuqing	蜜蜂
	Matsu	蜂
Min Nan	Xiamen	蜜蜂
	Quanzhou	蜜蜂
	Zhangzhou	蜜蜂
	Zhao'an	蜜蜂
	Dongshan	蜜蜂
	Taipei	蜜蜂
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	蜜蜂
	Kaohsiung	蜜蜂, 蜂
	Yilan	蜂
	Changhua (Lukang)	蜂
	Taichung	蜂
	Taichung (Wuqi)	蜂
	Tainan	蜂
	Taitung	蜂
	Hsinchu	蜂
	Kinmen	蜂, 蜜蜂
	Penghu (Magong)	蜂
	Penang (Hokkien)	蜜蜂
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蜜蜂
	Manila (Hokkien)	蜜蜂
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	糖蜂仔
	Datian	糖蜂
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	蜜蜂
	Chaozhou	蜂
	Shantou	蜜蜂, 蜂
	Jieyang	蜂
	Haifeng	蜜蜂
	Bangkok (Teochew)	蜜蜂
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	蜜蜂
	Pontianak (Teochew)	蜂
	Leizhou	糖蜂, 蜂
	Wenchang	蜂
	Haikou	糖蜂, 蜂
Puxian Min	Putian	蜂
Puxian Min	Xianyou	蜂
Min Zhong	Yong'an	糖蜂
	Sanyuan	糖蜂
	Shaxian	糖蜂
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	蜜蜂
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	蜜蜂
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蜜蜂
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	蜜蜂
Shehua	Fu'an	蜂仔
	Fuding	蜜蜂
	Luoyuan	蜜蜂
	Sanming	糖蜂
	Shunchang	蜂仔
	Hua'an	蜜蜂
	Guixi (Zhangping)	糖蜂
	Cangnan	蜂
	Jingning	蜂
	Lishui	蜜蜂
	Longyou	蜂
	Chaozhou	蜂
	Fengshun	蜂
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	蜂子
Wu	Shanghai	蜜蜂
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蜜蜂
	Suzhou	蜜蜂
	Wuxi	蜜蜂
	Danyang	蜜蜂
	Hangzhou	蜜蜂
	Ningbo	蜜蜂
	Wenzhou	蜜蜂
	Jinhua	蜜蜂, 蜂
Xiang	Changsha	蜜蜂子, 蜜蜂
	Loudi	蜜蜂
	Shuangfeng	蜜蜂
	Quanzhou	蜜蜂

Derived terms

蜜蜂章 (“The Bee, the sixteenth sura of the Qur'an”)
吃了蜜蜂兒屎似的／吃了蜜蜂儿屎似的

沒了王的蜜蜂／没了王的蜜蜂

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蜜蜂):

→ Korean: 밀봉(蜜蜂) (milbong)
→ Vietnamese: mật ong (蜜蜂)

Japanese

蜜蜂(みつばち) (mitsubachi): a honey bee.

Kanji in this term
蜜	蜂
みつ Grade: S	はち > ばち Grade: S
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

Compound of 蜜 (mitsu, “honey”) +‎ 蜂 (hachi, “bee”).[1][2][3] The hachi changes to bachi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Jūbakoyomi

(Tokyo) みつばち [mìtsúꜜbàchì] (Nakadaka – [2])[2][4][3]
IPA^(key): [mʲit͡sɨᵝba̠t͡ɕi]

Noun

蜜(みつ)蜂(ばち) • (mitsubachi)

honey bee

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ミツバチ.

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

[DJR-2] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-3] 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-4] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

蜜蜂

Chinese

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

Japanese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Usage notes

See also

References