宜母子

Chinese

			child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (宜母子)		宜母	子

Etymology

Attested in 大德南海志 [1304]:

宜母子，一名黎檬子，狀如柑橘，味酸。大德三年，泉州路煎糖官呈，用里木榨水，煎造舍里別。里木即宜母子。今本路於番禺縣城東廂地名蓮塘，南海縣地名荔枝灣，剏置御果園，共二處，栽植里木樹，大小共八百株，大德七年罷貢。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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宜母子，一名黎檬子，状如柑橘，味酸。大德三年，泉州路煎糖官呈，用里木榨水，煎造舍里别。里木即宜母子。今本路于番禺县城东厢地名莲塘，南海县地名荔枝湾，创置御果园，共二处，栽植里木树，大小共八百株，大德七年罢贡。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

Yímǔzǐ, yīmíng líméngzǐ, zhuàng rú gānjú, wèi suān. Dàdé sān nián, quánzhōu lù jiān táng guān chéng, yòng lǐmù zhà shuǐ, jiān zào shèlǐbié. Lǐmù jí yímǔzǐ. Jīn běn lù yú Fānyú xiànchéng dōngxiāng dì míng Liántáng, Nánhǎi xiàn dì míng Lìzhīwān, chuàngzhì yù guǒyuán, gòng èr chù, zāi zhí lǐmù shù, dàxiǎo gòng bā bǎi zhū, dàdé qī nián bà gòng. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yímǔzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄇㄨˇ ㄗˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yímǔzǐ [Phonetic: yímúzǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄇㄨˇ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yímǔzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: i²-mu³-tzŭ³
    • Yale: yí-mǔ-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yimuutzyy
    • Palladius: имуцзы (imuczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

宜母子

1. (dated) lemon (fruit)

Synonyms

• 檸檬／柠檬 (níngméng)