芭蕉

Chinese
banana
trad. (芭蕉) 芭 蕉
simp. #(芭蕉) 芭 蕉

Pronunciation

Noun

芭蕉

  1. Japanese banana (Musa basjoo) (Classifier: 隻／只 m c; 根 m; 條／条 m c)
  2. (～屬) Musa
  3. (～科) Musaceae
  4. (Luchuan Cantonese, Dungan, Min Dong) banana
  5. (informal) plantain; banana

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 香蕉 (“banana”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 香蕉
Taxonomic name 香蕉
Mandarin Beijing 香蕉
Taiwan 香蕉
Tianjin 香蕉
Jinan 香蕉
Wanrong 香蕉
Xi'an 香蕉
Wuhan 香蕉
Chengdu 香蕉
Yangzhou 香蕉
Hefei 香蕉
Cantonese Guangzhou 香蕉, 蕉
Hong Kong 蕉, 香蕉
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 牙蕉
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 香蕉, 蕉
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 香蕉, 牙蕉
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 牙蕉
Macau 蕉, 香蕉
Panyu 香蕉, 蕉
Huadu (Huashan) 香蕉
Conghua 蕉仔
Zengcheng 蕉, 香蕉
Foshan 香蕉, 蕉
Nanhai (Shatou) 蕉
Shunde 蕉, 香蕉
Sanshui 香蕉
Gaoming (Mingcheng) 香蕉
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 蕉, 香蕉
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 蕉, 香蕉
Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) 香蕉
Doumen 蕉果
Jiangmen (Baisha) 蕉
Xinhui 蕉
Taishan 香蕉, 蕉果
Kaiping (Chikan) 香蕉
Enping (Niujiang) 香蕉
Heshan (Yayao) 蕉果
Dongguan 蕉, 香蕉
Bao'an (Shajing) 牙蕉
Shaoguan 香蕉
Yunfu 香蕉
Yangjiang 蕉子
Xinyi 香蕉, 蕉子, 粉蕉
Lianjiang 蕉子, 香蕉
Nanning 香蕉
Wuzhou 香蕉
Yulin 香蕉
Hepu 香蕉
Kuala Lumpur 香蕉, 弓蕉
Ho Chi Minh City 香牙蕉
Gan Nanchang 香蕉
Hakka Meixian 香蕉, 弓蕉
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 香蕉
Dongguan (Qingxi) 蕉
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 香蕉
Zengcheng (Zhengguo) 牙蕉, 蕉
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 香蕉
Conghua (Lütian) 蕉
Changting 香蕉
Liancheng 香蕉
Ninghua 牙蕉
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 弓蕉
Liudui (S. Sixian) 弓蕉
Hsinchu (Hailu) 弓蕉
Dongshi (Dabu) 弓蕉
Hsinchu (Raoping) 弓蕉
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 弓蕉
Hong Kong 牙蕉
Sabah (Longchuan) 蕉
Senai 弓蕉
Huizhou Jixi 香蕉
Jin Taiyuan 香蕉
Pingyao 香蕉
Min Bei Jian'ou 香蕉, 芭蕉果
Min Dong Fuzhou 芭蕉, 芭蕉果
Matsu 芭蕉果
Min Nan Xiamen 弓蕉
Tong'an 弓蕉
Quanzhou 弓蕉
Jinjiang 弓蕉
Hui'an 弓蕉
Anxi 弓蕉
Yongchun 弓蕉
Zhangzhou 弓蕉, 牙蕉, 蕉
Longhai 牙蕉
Changtai 蕉
Pinghe 牙蕉
Zhangpu 牙蕉
Yunxiao 牙蕉
Zhao'an 牙蕉
Dongshan 牙蕉
Taipei 金蕉, 弓蕉
Kaohsiung 弓蕉
Tainan 弓蕉
Taichung 弓蕉
Hsinchu 弓蕉
Lukang 金蕉, 弓蕉
Sanxia 弓蕉
Yilan 弓蕉
Kinmen 弓蕉
Magong 弓蕉
Penang 弓蕉
Singapore 弓蕉, 金蕉
Philippines (Manila) 弓蕉
Longyan 蕉弓
Zhangping 蕉弓
Zhangping (Yongfu) 蕉弓
Datian 弓蕉
Pingnan 香蕉
Chaozhou 弓蕉
Shantou 弓蕉
Haifeng 弓蕉
Thailand (Bangkok) 弓蕉
Johor Bahru 弓蕉
Wenchang 香蕉
Haikou 牙蕉
Leizhou 蕉
Puxian Min Putian 弓蕉
Pinghua Nanning 香蕉
Guilin 香蕉
Shehua Fu'an 蕉仔
Fuding 香蕉
Luoyuan 香蕉
Sanming 香蕉
Shunchang 香蕉
Hua'an 蕉
Guixi 香蕉
Cangnan 香蕉
Jingning 香蕉
Lishui 香蕉
Longyou 香蕉
Chaozhou 香蕉
Fengshun 香蕉
Wu Shanghai 香蕉
Suzhou 香蕉
Wuxi 香蕉
Hangzhou 香蕉
Wenzhou 香蕉
Danyang 香蕉
Jinhua 香蕉
Ningbo 香蕉
Xiang Changsha 香蕉
Shuangfeng 香蕉
Quanzhou 香蕉

Derived terms
  • 松尾芭蕉
  • 芭蕉布
  • 芭蕉扇 (bājiāoshàn)
  • 芭蕉果
  • 芭蕉洞 (bājiāodòng)
  • 芭蕉科
  • 芭蕉芋
  • 蘭嶼芭蕉／兰屿芭蕉

Proper noun

芭蕉

  1. (～侗族鄉) Bajiao (a township in Enshi, Enshi, Hubei, China)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
芭 蕉
ば
Jinmeiyō		 しょう
Jinmeiyō
kan’yōon on’yomi

Etymology

*/pʲaseʷə/ → /baseʷə/ → /baseu/ → /baɕeu/ → /baɕoː/

Possibly from Middle Chinese 芭蕉 (MC pˠa t͡siᴇu). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Written as はせを (​hasewo) in older texts.

Pronunciation

Noun

芭蕉 (hiragana ばしょう, katakana バショウ, rōmaji bashō, historical hiragana ばせう, historical katakana バセウ)

  1. the Japanese banana, Musa basjoo
    Synonym: 庭見草 (niwamigusa)
  2. Short for 芭蕉梶木 (bashō kajiki): the Indo-Pacific sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 芭 (バ)蕉 (ショウ)梶 (カジ)木 (キ), 芭 (バ)蕉 (ショウ)旗魚 (カジキ) (bashō kajiki)
  • 芭蕉扇 (ばしょうせん) (bashōsen)
  • 芭蕉布 (ばしょうふ) (bashōfu)
  • 扇 (オウギ)芭 (バ)蕉 (ショウ) (ōgi bashō)
  • 姫 (ヒメ)芭 (バ)蕉 (ショウ) (hime-bashō)
  • 実 (ミ)芭 (バ)蕉 (ショウ) (mibashō)
  • 水 (ミズ)芭 (バ)蕉 (ショウ) (mizubashō)
  • 破 (や)れ芭蕉 (ばしょう) (yarebashō)

See also
Musa species
  • 極楽 (ゴクラク)鳥 (チョウ)花 (カ) (gokuraku chōka), ストレリチア (sutorerichia)
  • 旅人 (たびびと)の木 (き) (tabibito no ki)
  • バナナ (banana, “banana”)
  • 美 (ビ)人 (ジン)蕉 (ショウ) (bijinshō)
  • マニラ麻 (アサ) (Manira asa)

Proper noun

芭蕉 (hiragana ばしょう, rōmaji Bashō, historical hiragana ばせう)

  1. Short for 松尾芭蕉 (Matsuo Bashō), Edo-period haikai and haiku poet

Derived terms
  • 芭蕉庵 (ばしょうあん) (Bashō-an)
  • 芭蕉忌 (ばしょうき) (Bashō-ki)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
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