蘿蔔

See also: 萝卜

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (蘿蔔)
simp. (萝卜)
alternative forms
蘿卜
羅卜罗卜
蘿白萝白 Cantonese
蘿苩萝苩 Cantonese
蘿貝萝贝 dialectal
蘿卜
羅卜罗卜
蘿白萝白 Cantonese
蘿苩萝苩 Cantonese
蘿貝萝贝 dialectal
蘿𦮷萝𦮷 dialectal
蘿苜萝苜 Puxian Min
老蔔老卜 Wu
 

Etymology

Unknown. This word has been attested in various forms since early Old Chinese, and is the source of many of the terms for "radish, turnip" in other languages in modern China. The basic form seems to be *rabuk.

Perhaps compare Proto-Indo-European *(s)rā́ps (turnip, rape, cabbage), Proto-Semitic *lapt- (turnip), Sumerian 𒇻𒂠𒊬 (LU-UB₂ŠAR /⁠lub⁠/, turnip).

Pronunciation 1


Note: Often mispronounced as luóbō.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (37) (3)
Final () (94) (131)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter la bok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɑ/ /bək̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/lɑ/ /bək̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɑ/ /bək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/la/ /bək̚/
Li
Rong
/lɑ/ /bək̚/
Wang
Li
/lɑ/ /bək̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/lɑ/ /bʱək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
luó
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lo4 bak6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 8677 3376
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*raːl/ /*bɯːɡ/
Notes

Noun

蘿蔔

  1. radish, especially the daikon or Chinese radish
Usage notes

Translated as turnip in Hong Kong, though this is a misnomer.

Synonyms
  • (daikon):
Meronyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (蘿蔔):
  • Japanese: ()(ふく) (rafuku)
  • Korean: 나복(蘿蔔) (nabok), 라복(蘿蔔) (rabok)

Others:

  • Bouyei: laauxbag
  • Classical Mongolian: ᠯᠤᠤᠪᠠᠩ (luubang)
    • Mongolian: ᠯᠤᠤᠪᠠᠩ (luubang), лууван (luuvan)
  • Daur: ᠯᠣᠪᠣ (lobo), loob
  • English: lo bak, lo pak
  • Green Hmong: lauj pwm, lwj pwm
  • Korean: 노배 (nobae) (dialectal)
  • Malay: lobak
  • Tibetan: ལ་ཕུག (la phug)
  • Uyghur: لوبو (lobo), لوبۇ (lobu)
  • Zhuang: lauxbaeg

Pronunciation 2


Noun

蘿蔔

  1. (chiefly dialectal) carrot
Synonyms

References

  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “萝卜”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 366.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
すずしろ
Hyōgai Hyōgai
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
清白

Pronunciation

Noun

蘿蔔(すずしろ) • (suzushiroすずしろ (suzusiro)?

  1. daikon radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus)
    Hypernym: 春の七草
    Coordinate terms: , , 御形, 繁縷, 仏の座, , 蘿蔔
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Hyōgai
ふく
Hyōgai
on'yomi kan'yōon
Alternative spelling
蘿菔 (uncommon)

From Middle Chinese 蘿蔔 (MC la bok).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ふく [ràfúkú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɾa̠ɸɯ̟kɯ̟]

Noun

()(ふく) • (rafukuらふく (rafuku)?

  1. daikon radish
    Synonym: 大根 (daikon)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

蘿蔔 • (nabok) (hangeul 나복)

  1. hanja form? of 나복