蜜蜂
Chinese
honey | bee; wasp | ||
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simp. and trad. (蜜蜂) |
蜜 | 蜂 | |
anagram | 蜂蜜 |
Pronunciation
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 蜜蜂 (“honeybee”) [map] | ||
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Variety | Location | Words |
Classical Chinese | 蜜蜂, 蠟蜂 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蜜蜂 | |
Taxonomic name | 蜜蜂 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 蜜蜂 |
Taiwan | 蜜蜂 | |
Jinan | 蜜蜂 | |
Xi'an | 蜜蜂, 蜂 | |
Wuhan | 蜂子 | |
Chengdu | 蜂子 | |
Yangzhou | 蜜蜂 | |
Hefei | 蜜蜂 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蜜蜂 |
Hong Kong | 蜜蜂 | |
Taishan | 蜜蜂 | |
Yangjiang | 蜜蜂 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 蜜蜂 |
Hakka | Meixian | 糖蜂仔 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 糖蜂仔, 蜂仔 | |
Liudui (S. Sixian) | 糖蜂仔, 蜂仔 | |
Hsinchu (Hailu) | 糖蜂仔, 蜂仔 | |
Dongshi (Dabu) | 糖蜂, 蜂 | |
Hsinchu (Raoping) | 糖蜂仔, 糖蜂, 蜂仔, 蜂 | |
Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 蜜蜂, 蜂 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 蜜蜂 |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 蜜蜂, 蜂 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 蜜蜂 |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 蜜蜂 |
Quanzhou | 蜜蜂 | |
Zhangzhou | 蜜蜂 | |
Taipei | 蜂, 蜜蜂 | |
Penang | 蜜蜂 | |
Chaozhou | 蜂 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 蜜蜂 |
Suzhou | 蜜蜂 | |
Wenzhou | 蜜蜂 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 蜜蜂, 蜜蜂子 |
Shuangfeng | 蜜蜂 |
Descendants
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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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
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as ミツバチ.
See also
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
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