楊梅

See also: 杨梅

Chinese

		surname; poplar	Prunus mume
trad. (楊梅)		楊	梅
simp. (杨梅)		杨	梅

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yángméi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ mui⁴ / joeng⁴ mui^4-2
• Gan (Wiktionary): iong⁴ mi⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yòng-mòi

  (Hailu, HRS): rhong moi

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yong² moi²

• Northern Min (KCR): iô̤ng-mô
• Eastern Min (BUC): iòng-muòi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhiûⁿ-m̂ / chhiôⁿ-m̂ / chhiû-m̂ / chhiōⁿ-m̂ / iông-mûi / chhiū-m̂ / iûⁿ-mûi / iûⁿ-bôe / iûⁿ-môe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ion⁵ bhuê⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yan-me

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yángméi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yángméi
    • Wade–Giles: yang²-mei²
    • Yale: yáng-méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangmei
    • Palladius: янмэй (janmɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴ mui⁴ / joeng⁴ mui^4-2
    • Yale: yèuhng mùih / yèuhng múi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ mui⁴ / joeng⁴ mui^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ mui⁴ / yêng⁴ mui^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ muːi̯²¹/, /jœːŋ²¹ muːi̯²¹⁻³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: iong⁴ mi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɔŋ³⁵ mi³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yòng-mòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: iong^ˇ moi^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yong² moi²
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯oŋ¹¹ moi̯¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yòng-mòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iong^ˇ moi^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yong² moi²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯oŋ¹¹ moi̯¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: rhong moi
    • Sinological IPA: /ʒoŋ⁵⁵ moi⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yong² moi²
    • Sinological IPA: /iɔŋ¹¹ moɪ¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: iô̤ng-mô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɔŋ³³ mo³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: iòng-muòi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yoŋ⁵³⁻³³ mui⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiûⁿ-m̂
    • Tâi-lô: tshiûnn-m̂
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chviu'mm
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiũ²⁴⁻²² m̩²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiôⁿ-m̂
    • Tâi-lô: tshiônn-m̂
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvioi'mm
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɔ̃¹³⁻²² m̩¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiû-m̂
    • Tâi-lô: tshiû-m̂
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiu'mm
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiu²⁴⁻¹¹ m̩²⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sʰiu²⁴⁻¹² m̩²⁴/
    • IPA (Lukang): /t͡sʰiu²⁴⁻²² m̩²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiōⁿ-m̂
    • Tâi-lô: tshiōnn-m̂
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvioixmm
    • IPA (Tainan): /t͡sʰiɔ̃³³⁻¹¹ m̩²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iông-mûi
    • Tâi-lô: iông-muî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iongmuii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻²² muĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ muĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ²³⁻³³ muĩ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Tong'an)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiū-m̂
    • Tâi-lô: tshiū-m̂
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiuxmm
    • IPA (Tong'an): /t͡sʰiu²²⁻¹¹ m̩²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iûⁿ-mûi
    • Tâi-lô: iûnn-muî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: viumuii
    • IPA (Singapore): /iũ²⁴⁻²¹ mui²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iũ²⁴⁻¹¹ muĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iũ²³⁻³³ muĩ²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iûⁿ-bôe
    • Tâi-lô: iûnn-buê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: viu'boee
    • IPA (Taipei): /iũ²⁴⁻¹¹ bue²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iũ²³⁻³³ bue²³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /iũ²⁴⁻²¹ bue²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iûⁿ-môe
    • Tâi-lô: iûnn-muê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: viumoee
    • IPA (Singapore): /iũ²⁴⁻²¹ mue²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ion⁵ bhuê⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iôⁿ buê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ĩõ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ bue⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶yan-me
    • MiniDict: yan^去 me
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhian-me
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiã²² me⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: yang mwoj

Rime
Character	楊	梅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	與章切	莫杯切
Baxter	yang	mwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨɐŋ/	/muʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɐŋ/	/muoi/
Shao Rongfen	/iɑŋ/	/muɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨaŋ/	/mwəj/
Li Rong	/iaŋ/	/muᴀi/
Wang Li	/jĭaŋ/	/muɒi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯aŋ/	/muɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáng	méi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joeng4	mui4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*laŋ  C.mˤə/

  (Zhengzhang): /*laŋ  mɯː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	楊	梅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yáng	méi
Middle Chinese	‹ yang ›	‹ mwoj ›
Old Chinese	/*laŋ/	/*C.mˁə/
English	poplar	plum tree
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	楊	梅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	14591	9302
Phonetic component	昜	母
Rime group	陽	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	陽	枚
Old Chinese	/*laŋ/	/*mɯː/

Noun

楊梅/杨梅

楊梅

1. yangmei, Chinese bayberry, red bayberry, yumberry, waxberry, Chinese strawberry (Myrica rubra ⇒ Morella rubra, a Chinese fruit)

   Synonym: 樹梅 / 树梅

2. (dialectal) strawberry
3. (dialectal) Short for 楊梅瘡／杨梅疮 (yángméichuāng, “syphilis”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 梅毒 (“syphilis”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		梅毒
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	楊梅, 楊梅瘡, 楊梅大瘡
	Taiwan	梅毒
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	楊梅大瘡
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	大瘡
	Xuzhou	楊梅大瘡
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	楊梅瘡
	Guiyang	楊梅瘡
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	楊梅瘡
	Yangzhou	楊梅大瘡, 楊梅瘡
	Nantong	楊梅瘡
Cantonese	Hong Kong	梅毒
Gan	Nanchang	楊梅瘡
	Lichuan	楊梅瘡, 梅毒
Hakka	Meixian	梅毒
	Yudu	楊梅瘡, 棉花瘡
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	梅毒
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	梅毒
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	梅毒
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	梅毒
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	梅毒
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	梅毒
Huizhou	Jixi	楊梅瘡
Jin	Xinzhou	大瘡, 天報瘡
Southern Min	Xiamen	檨仔
	Quanzhou	檨仔
	Zhangzhou	檨仔
	Taipei	檨仔, 梅毒
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	檨仔
	Kaohsiung	檨仔, 梅毒
	Yilan	檨仔, 梅毒
	Changhua (Lukang)	檨仔, 梅毒
	Taichung	檨仔
	Tainan	檨仔, 梅毒
	Kinmen	梅毒
	Leizhou	白濁
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	梅毒
Wu	Shanghai	楊梅瘡
	Suzhou	楊梅瘡
	Danyang	楊梅瘡
	Hangzhou	楊梅瘡
	Ningbo	楊梅瘡
	Wenzhou	楊梅瘡
Xiang	Loudi	楊梅瘡

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (楊梅):

• → Japanese: 楊梅(ようばい) (yōbai)
• → Korean: 양매(楊梅) (yangmae)
• → Vietnamese: dương mai (楊梅)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yángméi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ mui⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Yòng-mòi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Iûⁿ-mûi / Iûⁿ-bôe / Iûⁿ-môe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yángméi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yángméi
    • Wade–Giles: Yang²-mei²
    • Yale: Yáng-méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yangmei
    • Palladius: Янмэй (Janmɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴ mui⁴
    • Yale: yèuhng mùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ mui⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ mui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ muːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yòng-mòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: iong^ˇ moi^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yong² moi²
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯oŋ¹¹ moi̯¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yòng-mòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iong^ˇ moi^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yong² moi²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯oŋ¹¹ moi̯¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iûⁿ-mûi
    • Tâi-lô: Iûnn-muî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: viumuii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iũ²³⁻³³ muĩ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iũ²⁴⁻¹¹ muĩ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iûⁿ-bôe
    • Tâi-lô: Iûnn-buê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: viu'boee
    • IPA (Taipei): /iũ²⁴⁻¹¹ bue²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iũ²³⁻³³ bue²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iûⁿ-môe
    • Tâi-lô: Iûnn-muê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: viumoee
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iũ²³⁻³³ muẽ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iũ²⁴⁻¹¹ muẽ²⁴/

Proper noun

楊梅

1. (～區, formerly ～市, ～鎮) Yangmei (a district of Taoyuan, Taiwan, formerly a city and an urban township)
2. (～鎮) Yangmei, Huazhou, Maoming, Guangdong, China
3. (～鎮) Yangmei, Yangshan, Qingyuan, Guangdong, China
4. (～鎮) Yangmei, Rong County, Yulin, Guangxi, China

Japanese

Kanji in this term
楊	梅
よう Jinmeiyō	ばい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
楊梅 (kyūjitai)

Noun

楊(よう)梅(ばい) • (yōbai) 

1. Myrica rubra (⇒ Morella rubra); yangmei, Japanese bayberry; Chinese bayberry

   Synonym: 山桃 (yamamomo)

2. Short for 楊梅瘡 (yōbaisō, “syphillis”).

Korean

Hanja in this term
楊	梅

Noun

楊梅 • (yangmae) (hangeul 양매)

1. hanja form^? of 양매

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
楊	梅

Noun

楊梅

1. chữ Hán form of dương mai (“yangmei”).