罌粟

See also: 罂粟

Chinese

		earthen jar with small mouth	grain; millet
trad. (罌粟)		罌	粟
simp. (罂粟)		罂	粟

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīngsù

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄥㄙㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aang¹ suk¹ / ang¹ suk¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): eng-sek / eng-siok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīngsù
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥㄙㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yingsù
  - Wade–Giles: ying¹-su⁴
  - Yale: yīng-sù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ingsuh
  - Palladius: инсу (insu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵ su⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: aang¹ suk¹ / ang¹ suk¹
  - Yale: āang sūk / āng sūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aang¹ suk⁷ / ang¹ suk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: ang¹ sug¹ / eng¹ sug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːŋ⁵⁵ sʊk̚⁵/, /ɐŋ⁵⁵ sʊk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: eng-sek
  - Tâi-lô: ing-sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: engseg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: eng-siok
  - Tâi-lô: ing-siok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: engsiog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɔk̚³²/

Noun

罌粟

poppy

Derived terms

罌粟籽 / 罂粟籽 (yīngsùzǐ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
罌	粟
Hyōgai	Jinmeiyō
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 罌粟 – see the following entry.

【芥子けし】

[noun] [from early 800s] (prefixed to nouns) something tiny

[noun] [from 940] (archaic) synonym of 芥子菜 (karashina): the Indian mustard, Brassica juncea

[noun] [from 1400s] the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum; more broadly, any other species of the Papaver genus; a poppy

[noun] [from 1800s] short for 芥子玉 (keshidama): a dyeing pattern with lined rows of dots

[noun] [date uncertain] an armor decoration in the form of studs resembling poppy seeds

[noun] [from 1785] short for 芥子坊主 (keshi bōzu): an infant hairstyle with only the hair in the top of the head unshaven, resembling the hull remains of a poppy fruit

[proper noun] a surname

Alternative spelling
ケシ

(This term, 罌粟, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)