荷爾蒙

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (荷爾蒙)		荷	爾	蒙
simp. (荷尔蒙)		荷	尔	蒙
alternative forms		賀爾蒙／贺尔蒙

Etymology

Borrowed from English hormone. For Taiwanese Min Nan and Hakka, via Japanese ホルモン (horumon).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hé'ěrméng, hè'ěrméng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄦˇ ㄇㄥˊ, ㄏㄜˋ ㄦˇ ㄇㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁶ ji⁵ mung⁴ / ho⁴ ji⁵ mung⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hò-lu-móng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hô-ní-bông / ho͘-lú-bóng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hé'ěrméng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄦˇ ㄇㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hé-ěrméng
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-êrh³-mêng²
    • Yale: hé-ěr-méng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hereelmeng
    • Palladius: хээрмэн (xɛermɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɤŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hè'ěrméng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˋ ㄦˇ ㄇㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hè-ěrméng
    • Wade–Giles: ho⁴-êrh³-mêng²
    • Yale: hè-ěr-méng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heheelmeng
    • Palladius: хээрмэн (xɛermɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho⁶ ji⁵ mung⁴ / ho⁴ ji⁵ mung⁴
    • Yale: hoh yíh mùhng / hòh yíh mùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁶ ji⁵ mung⁴ / ho⁴ ji⁵ mung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho⁶ yi⁵ mung⁴ / ho⁴ yi⁵ mung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²² jiː¹³ mʊŋ²¹/, /hɔː²¹ jiː¹³ mʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hò-lu-móng
    • Hakka Romanization System: hoˇ lu mong`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho² lu⁴ mong³
    • Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹ lu⁵⁵ moŋ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-ní-bông
    • Tâi-lô: hô-ní-bông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoiny'boong
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ nĩ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ho͘-lú-bóng
    • Tâi-lô: hoo-lú-bóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: holw'borng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ lu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔŋ⁵³/

Note: ho͘-lú-bóng - from Japanese.

Noun

荷爾蒙

1. (physiology) hormone

Usage notes

On the Chinese mainland, 激素 (jīsù) is the preferred term; 荷爾蒙／荷尔蒙 (hé'ěrméng) is considered dated.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 激素 (“hormone”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		激素, 荷爾蒙
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	荷爾蒙, 激素, 內分泌
Cantonese	Hong Kong	荷爾蒙, 激素
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	荷爾蒙
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	荷爾蒙
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	荷爾蒙
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	荷爾蒙
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	荷爾蒙
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	荷爾蒙
Southern Min	Xiamen	激素
	Quanzhou	激素
	Zhangzhou	激素
Wu	Shanghai	激素