胡椒

Chinese

barbarian; recklessly; surname pepper
trad. (胡椒)
simp. #(胡椒)
alternative forms 楜椒
Literally: “foreign pepper”.

Etymology

“Foreign pepper”. The principal time of import to China was estimated to be during the Tang dynasty, and the source―per the miscellany Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang of the 9th century CE―was the Magadha Kingdom of India, where it was called 昧履支 (MC mwojH lijX tsye) locally; cf. Sanskrit मरिच (marica, black pepper).

Pronunciation


Note: hou5 ziê1 - Chaozhou.
  • Southern Pinghua
  • Wu
    • (Northern: Shanghai)
      • Wugniu: 6wu-ciau1
      • MiniDict: wu ciau
      • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 3hhu-jiau1
      • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²² t͡ɕiɔ⁴⁴/
    • (Northern: Chongming, Hangzhou, Ningbo)
      • Wugniu: 2wu-ciau1
      • MiniDict: wu ciau
      • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ɦu²⁴ t͡ɕiɔ⁵⁵/
      • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /ɦu²² t͡ɕiɔ³⁴/
      • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /ɦu²² t͡ɕiɔ⁵¹/
    • (Northern: Suzhou)
      • Wugniu: 2ghou-tsiau1
      • MiniDict: ghou tsiau
      • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɦəu²² t͡siæ³³/
    • (Jinhua)
      • Wugniu: 2u-tsiau1
      • Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /u³¹ t͡siɑu⁵⁵/
  • Xiang
    • (Changsha)
      • Wiktionary: fu2 ziau1
      • Sinological IPA (key) (old-style): /ɸu¹³ t͡si̯ɒu̯³³/
      • Sinological IPA (key) (new-style): /ɸu¹³ t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯³³/
    • (Loudi)
      • Wiktionary: ghu2 zieu1*
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ɣu¹³ t͡si̯ɤ⁴⁴⁻³³/
    • (Hengyang)
      • Wiktionary: fu2 jiau1
      • Sinological IPA (key): /v̥u¹¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁴⁴⁵/

Noun

胡椒

  1. pepper, especially black pepper (both the plant and the spice)
  2. short for 胡椒粉 (hújiāofěn, “pepper powder”)
  3. (Eastern Min) nonsense; bullshit
  4. (Jianghuai Mandarin) chili pepper; red pepper

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
しょう
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 胡椒 (hújiāo).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しょ [kòshóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ɕo̞ː]

Noun

()(しょう) or 胡椒(コショウ) • (koshōこせう (koseu) or コセウ (koseu)?

  1. pepper

See also

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

胡椒 • (hocho) (hangeul 호초)

  1. hanja form? of 호초 (black pepper)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

胡椒

  1. chữ Hán form of hồ tiêu (black pepper)