納豆
See also: 纳豆
Chinese
| to accept; to pay (taxes, etc.) | bean; sacrificial vessel | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (納豆) | 納 | 豆 | |
| simp. (纳豆) | 纳 | 豆 | |
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 納豆 (nattō).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: nàdòu
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˋ ㄉㄡˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: nàdòu
- Wade–Giles: na4-tou4
- Yale: nà-dòu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nahdow
- Palladius: надоу (nadou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /nä⁵¹⁻⁵³ toʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: naap6 dau6-2
- Yale: naahp dáu
- Cantonese Pinyin: naap9 dau6-2
- Guangdong Romanization: nab6 deo6-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /naːp̚² tɐu̯²²⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
納豆
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 納 | 豆 |
| なっ Grade: 6 |
とう Grade: 3 |
| kan'yōon | kan'on |
Etymology
Possibly by extension from 納所 (nassho, “temple office for receiving donations”), and originally meaning beans (豆) from or in the 納所.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
- natto (a traditional Japanese food product made from fermented soybeans)
Idioms
- 納豆も豆なら豆腐も豆 (nattō mo mame nara tōfu mo mame): "if nattō is also beans, then tōfu is also beans" → a metaphor for how the same starting point can produce different results
Derived terms
- 納豆烏帽子 (nattō eboshi): common alternate word for 折烏帽子 (ori eboshi), a type of 烏帽子 (eboshi, “traditional Japanese formal black peaked hat”)
- 納豆菌 (nattō kin): Bacillus subtilis var. natto
- 納豆汁 (nattō jiru): a type of miso soup made with ground nattō, commonly served in winter
- 納豆売り (nattō uri): a nattō seller
- 納豆肥 (nattōgoe): a type of fertilizer made from fermented and composted soybeans, commonly used to fertilize tea bushes
See also
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN