蕎麥

See also: 荞麦 and 蕎麦

Chinese

		buckwheat	wheat; barley; oats
trad. (蕎麥)		蕎	麥
simp. (荞麦)		荞	麦

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): qiáomài

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄇㄞˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): qiao² me²
Cantonese (Jyutping): kiu⁴ mak⁶
Gan (Wiktionary): qieu² mah
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): kiau² mag⁶
Jin (Wiktionary): qiau¹ mieh⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): gièu-mĕk
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiô-be̍h
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶jiau-maq
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jiau² me⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiáomài
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄇㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciáomài
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiao²-mai⁴
  - Yale: chyáu-mài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyaumay
  - Palladius: цяомай (cjaomaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ maɪ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    喬麥 / 乔麦
    蕎麥 / 荞麦
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: qiao² me²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kiaome
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiau²¹ mɛ²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kiu⁴ mak⁶
  - Yale: kìuh mahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kiu⁴ mak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: kiu⁴ meg⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːu̯²¹ mɐk̚²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: qieu² mah
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiɛu²⁴ maʔ²/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: kiau² mag⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰiau¹¹ mak̚⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: qiau¹ mieh⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰiau¹¹ miəʔ²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gièu-mĕk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kieu⁵³⁻³³ mɛiʔ⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiô-be̍h
  - Tâi-lô: kiô-be̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kioi'beh
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kio²⁴⁻²² beʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kio²⁴⁻¹¹ beʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɤ²³⁻³³ beʔ⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶jiau-maq
  - MiniDict: jiau^去 mah
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³jjiau-maq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑiɔ²² maʔ⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: jiau² me⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯¹³ mɤ̞²⁴/

Noun

蕎麥

buckwheat

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蕎麥 (“buckwheat”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蕎麥
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	蕎麥
	Taiwan	蕎麥
	Langfang	蕎麥
	Chengde	蕎麥
	Chifeng	蕎麥
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	蕎麥
	Heihe	蕎麥
	Qiqihar	蕎麥
	Harbin	蕎麥
	Jiamusi	蕎麥
	Baicheng	蕎麥
	Changchun	蕎麥
	Tonghua	蕎麥
	Shenyang	蕎麥
	Jinzhou	蕎麥
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	蕎麥
	Tangshan	蕎麥
	Cangzhou	蕎麥
	Baoding	稜子
	Shijiazhuang	蕎麥
	Lijin	蕎麥
	Jinan	蕎麥
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	蕎麥
	Dandong	蕎麥
	Yantai	蕎麥
	Yantai (Muping)	蕎麥
	Qingdao	蕎麥
	Zhucheng	蕎麥
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蕎麥
	Lingbao	蕎麥
	Jining	蕎麥
	Daming	蕎麥
	Wanrong	蕎麥
	Linfen	蕎麥
	Shangqiu	蕎麥
	Yuanyang	蕎麥
	Zhengzhou	蕎麥
	Xinyang	蕎麥
	Baihe	蕎麥
	Xi'an	蕎麥
	Baoji	蕎麥
	Tianshui	蕎麥
	Xining	蕎麥
	Xuzhou	蕎麥
	Fuyang	蕎麥
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	蕎麥
	Lanzhou	蕎麥
	Dunhuang	蕎麥
	Hami	蕎麥
	Ürümqi	蕎麥
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	蕎麥, 蕎子
	Nanchong	蕎麥
	Dazhou	蕎麥
	Hanyuan	蕎麥
	Xichang	蕎麥
	Zigong	蕎麥
	Chongqing	蕎子, 蕎麥
	Wuhan	蕎麥
	Yichang	蕎麥
	Xiangyang	蕎麥
	Tianmen	蕎麥
	Guiyang	蕎子, 蕎麥
	Zunyi	蕎子
	Bijie	蕎麥
	Liping	蕎麥
	Zhaotong	蕎
	Dali	蕎
	Kunming	蕎麥
	Mengzi	蕎麥
	Guilin	蕎麥
	Liuzhou	三角麥, 蕎麥
	Jishou	蕎
	Changde	蕎
	Hanzhong	蕎麥
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蕎麥
	Yangzhou	蕎麥
	Lianyungang	蕎麥
	Lianshui	蕎麥
	Nantong	蕎麥
	Anqing	蕎麥
	Wuhu	蕎麥
	Hefei	蕎麥
	Hong'an	蕎麥
Cantonese	Guangzhou	三角麥
	Hong Kong	蕎麥
	Yunfu	花麥
	Nanning	三角麥
	Wuzhou	三角麥
	Yulin	三角麥
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	三角麥
Gan	Nanchang	蕎麥
	Lichuan	蕎麥
	Pingxiang	花麥
Hakka	Meixian	蕎麥
Hakka	Yudu	花麥, 三稜子
Huizhou	Jixi	蕎麥
Huizhou	Shexian	烏麥
Jin	Taiyuan	蕎麥
	Pingyao	蕎麥
	Yangyuan	蕎麥
	Datong	蕎麥
	Xinzhou	蕎麥
	Lüliang (Lishi)	蕎麥
	Changzhi	蕎麥
	Linhe	蕎麵
	Jining	蕎麥
	Hohhot	蕎麥
	Erenhot	蕎麥
	Pingshan	蕎麥
	Zhangjiakou	蕎麥
	Handan	蕎麥
	Linzhou	蕎麥
	Suide	蕎麥
Northern Min	Jian'ou	三角麥
Eastern Min	Fuqing	大麥
Southern Min	Xiamen	蕎麥
	Tainan	蕎麥
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	苦麥
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	三角麥, 蕎麥
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	蕎麥
Wu	Shanghai	蕎麥
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蕎麥
	Suzhou	蕎麥
	Danyang	蕎麥
	Hangzhou	蕎麥
	Ningbo	蕎麥
	Wenzhou	花麥, 三角麥
	Jinhua	蕎麥
Xiang	Changsha	蕎麥
	Loudi	蕎麥子, 蕎麥
	Quanzhou	蕎麥

Derived terms

蕎麥皮 / 荞麦皮
蕎麥麵 / 荞麦面 (qiáomàimiàn)
蕎麥麵條 / 荞麦面条 (qiáomài miàntiáo)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蕎麥):

→ Korean: 교맥(蕎麥) (gyomaek)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蕎	麥
そば
Jinmeiyō	Hyōgai
jukujikun

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

【蕎麦そば】	[noun] [from the 1400s] buckwheat [noun] [from the early 1500s] soba, soba noodle, a variety of Japanese noodle made from buckwheat [noun] [from 1500s or 1600s] a kind of low, flat, broad tea bowl, originally produced on the Korean peninsula and favored in tea ceremony, so called for the color of the glaze [noun] [from 1811] (archaic) a night-time streetwalker (specifically an unlicensed prostitute); from the way that night-time sellers of soba noodles via food carts would walk the streets in search of customers [noun] [from 1867] (archaic) sixteen of something (when counting); from the way that a length of 16 文 (mon, a traditional Japanese unit of length; 1 mon = approximately 2.4cm) worth of soba noodles would fill a single serving bowl Alternative spelling 𛁛𛂦゙
【蕎麦そばむぎ】	[noun] [722–???] (archaic) buckwheat
【蕎麦そまむぎ】	[noun] [1100s–???] (archaic) buckwheat
【蕎麦きょうばく】	[noun] [722–???] (obsolete) buckwheat

(This term, 蕎麥, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
蕎	麥

Noun

蕎麥 • (gyomaek) (hangeul 교맥)

hanja form^? of 교맥 (“buckwheat”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
蕎	麥

Noun

蕎麥

chữ Hán form of kiều mạch (“buckwheat”)