蜜蜂

Chinese

honey bee; wasp
simp. and trad.
(蜜蜂)
2nd round simp. 宓夆
anagram 蜂蜜

Pronunciation


Note: bhêg8 - Jieyang.
  • Southern Pinghua
  • Wu
    • (Northern: Shanghai, Chongming, Hangzhou, Ningbo)
      • Wugniu: 8miq-fon1
      • MiniDict: mih fon
      • MiniDict: mieh fon
      • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 5miq-fon1
      • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /miɪʔ¹¹ foŋ²³/
      • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ɦmiəʔ²² foŋ⁵⁵/
      • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /miəʔ²² foŋ³⁴/
      • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /miɪʔ²² foŋ³⁵/
    • (Northern: Suzhou)
      • Wugniu: 8miq-3fon1
      • MiniDict: mih fon
      • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /miɪʔ²² foŋ⁵¹/
  • Xiang
    • (Changsha)
      • Wiktionary: mi6 hong1
      • Sinological IPA (key) (old-style): /mi²⁴ xʊŋ³³/
      • Sinological IPA (key) (new-style): /mi²⁴ xən³³/
    • (Loudi)
      • Wiktionary: mi4 heng1*
      • Sinological IPA (key): /mi³⁵ xɤŋ⁴⁴⁻³³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (4) (3) (2)
Final () (48) (1) (7)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III I III
Fanqie
Baxter mjit buwng phjowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/miɪt̚/ /buŋ/ /pʰɨoŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/mit̚/ /buŋ/ /pʰioŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/mjet̚/ /buŋ/ /pʰioŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mit̚/ /bəwŋ/ /pʰuawŋ/
Li
Rong
/miĕt̚/ /buŋ/ /pʰioŋ/
Wang
Li
/mĭĕt̚/ /buŋ/ /pʰĭwoŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/mi̯ĕt̚/ /bʱuŋ/ /pʰi̯woŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
péng fēng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mat6 pung4 fung1

Noun

蜜蜂

  1. bee; honeybee (Classifier: m c;  m)

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 吃了蜜蜂兒屎似的 / 吃了蜜蜂儿屎似的
  • 沒了王的蜜蜂 / 没了王的蜜蜂
  • 蜜蜂章 (The Bee, the sixteenth sura of the Qur'an)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蜜蜂):
  • Korean: 밀봉(蜜蜂) (milbong)

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
みつ
Grade: S
はち > ばち
Grade: S
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

Compound of (mitsu, honey) +‎ (hachi, bee).[1][2][3] The hachi changes to bachi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

(みつ)(ばち) or 蜜蜂(ミツバチ) • (mitsubachi

  1. honey bee

Usage notes

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

See also

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN