美人蕉

Chinese

		beautiful woman; beauty; lovely lady beautiful woman; beauty; lovely lady; royal consort	banana
trad. (美人蕉)		美人	蕉
simp. ^#(美人蕉)		美人	蕉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): měirénjiāo

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ jan³ ziu¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶me-gnin-ciau; ⁶me-zen-ciau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: měirénjiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: měirénjiao
  - Wade–Giles: mei³-jên²-chiao¹
  - Yale: měi-rén-jyāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeirenjiau
  - Palladius: мэйжэньцзяо (mɛjžɛnʹczjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ jan³ ziu¹
  - Yale: méih yan jīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ jan³ dziu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ yen³ jiu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ jɐn³³ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶me-gnin-ciau; ⁶me-zen-ciau
  - MiniDict: me^去 nyin ciau; me^去 zen ciau
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³me-nyin-jiau; ³me-zen-jiau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /me²² n̠ʲin⁵⁵ t͡ɕiɔ²¹/, /me²² zən⁵⁵ t͡ɕiɔ²¹/

Noun

美人蕉

Canna indica

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 蘭蕉／兰蕉
(Puxian Min) 蘭桂子／兰桂子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
美	人	蕉
び Grade: 3	じん Grade: 1	しょう Jinmeiyō
kan'on		on'yomi

Etymology

美人(びじん) (bijin, “a beauty”) + 蕉(しょう) (shō, “banana, plantain”)

Noun

美(び)人(じん)蕉(しょう) or 美人蕉(ビジンシょウ) • (bijinshō) ^{←びじんせう (bizinseu)^?}

synonym of 姫芭蕉 (himebashō, “Musa coccinea”)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).