山茄子

Chinese

		mountain; hill	eggplant; aubergine; tomato
trad. (山茄子)		山	茄子
simp. #(山茄子)		山	茄子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shānqiézi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ ㄑㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄗ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soaⁿ-kiô-chí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shānqiézi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄑㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shanciézi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹-chʻieh²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: shān-chyé-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanchye.tzy
    • Palladius: шаньцецзы (šanʹceczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soaⁿ-kiô-chí
    • Tâi-lô: suann-kiô-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svoa'kioicie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suã⁴⁴⁻²² kio²⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵³/

Noun

山茄子

1. (chiefly traditional Chinese medicine) jimsonweed; thorn apple (Datura)

Synonyms

• 曼陀羅／曼陀罗 (màntuóluó)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
山	茄	子
やま Grade: 1	なすび
	Jinmeiyō	Grade: 1
kun'yomi	jukujikun

Etymology

Literally, “mountain aubergine”, 山(やま) (yama, “mountain”) + 茄子(なすび) (nasubi, “aubergine, eggplant”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠na̠sɨbʲi]

Noun

山(やま)茄子(なすび) • (yamanasubi) 

1. Synonym of 朝鮮朝顔 (chōsen asagao, “devil's trumpet, Datura metel”)
2. Synonym of 走野老 (hashidokoro, “Japanese belladonna, Scopolia japonica”)
3. Synonym of 夏黄櫨 (natsu haze, “Vaccinium oldhamii”)
4. (archaic) Synonym of 牡丹防風 (botan-bōfū, “coastal hog fennel, Peucedanum japonicum”)