雀斑

Chinese

		bird; lentigo; sparrow	variegated
simp. and trad. (雀斑)		雀	斑
Literally: “sparrow patches”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): quèbān

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄅㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoek³ baan¹
Min Nan (POJ): chhiok-pan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: quèbān
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄅㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuehban
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰɥ̯œ⁵¹ pän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoek³ baan¹
  - Yale: jeuk bāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoek⁸ baan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêg³ ban¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃœ̽ːk̚³ päːn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiok-pan
  - Tâi-lô: tshiok-pan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiokpafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ pan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ pan³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁵ pan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ pan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ pan⁴⁴/

Noun

雀斑

(dermatology) freckle (Classifier: 塊／块 m)

Synonyms

雀子 (qiāozi)
(Min Nan) 胡蠅屎／胡蝇屎, 胡蠅屎痣／胡蝇屎痣, 鷓鴣花／鹧鸪花, 碎米斑

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雀	斑
そば Jinmeiyō	かす Grade: S
Irregular

Etymology

From 蕎 (そ)麦 (ば) (soba, “buckwheat”) + 滓 (かす) (kasu, “dregs”). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 雀斑.

Alternative forms

蕎麦滓

Noun

雀斑 (hiragana そばかす, katakana ソバカス, rōmaji sobakasu)

(dermatology) freckles

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