臘梅

See also: 腊梅

Chinese

		12th month of Chinese calendar; preserved (meat)	Prunus mume
trad. (臘梅)		臘	梅
simp. (腊梅)		腊	梅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): làméi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˋ ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laap⁶ mui⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: làméi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˋ ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: làméi
    • Wade–Giles: la⁴-mei²
    • Yale: là-méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lahmei
    • Palladius: ламэй (lamɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä⁵¹ meɪ̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laap⁶ mui⁴
    • Yale: laahp mùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laap⁹ mui⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lab⁶ mui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːp̚² muːi̯²¹/

Noun

臘梅

1. Alternative form of 蠟梅 / 蜡梅 (làméi, “wintersweet”)
2. (informal) Chinese plum blossom (Prunus mume)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
臘	梅
ろう Hyōgai	ばい Grade: 4
on'yomi	kan'on

Alternative spellings
臘梅 (kyūjitai) 蝋梅

Etymology

Lit. twelfth month plum, 臘(ろう) (rō, “twelfth month”) + 梅(ばい) (bai, “plum”)

Noun

臘(ろう)梅(ばい) • (rōbai) 

1. Alternative spelling of 蝋梅 (rōbai, “wintersweet, Chimonanthus praecox”)