薄荷

Chinese

		thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint	peppermint; to carry burden; lotus
trad. (薄荷)		薄	荷
simp. #(薄荷)		薄	荷

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bòhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bok⁶ ho⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): bok⁵ ho³

• Gan (Wiktionary): po⁵ ho
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pho̍k-hò

  (Hailu, HRS): pog^ˋ ho

• Northern Min (KCR): bó̤-hô̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): po̍h-hô / po̍k-hô

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bo⁷ ho³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶bu-hu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bòhé → bòhe (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ → ㄅㄛˋ ˙ㄏㄜ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bòhe̊
    • Wade–Giles: po⁴-ho⁵
    • Yale: bwò-he
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: boh.her
    • Palladius: бохэ (boxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/ → /pu̯ɔ⁵¹ xə¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bok⁶ ho⁴
    • Yale: bohk hòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁹ ho⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bog⁶ ho⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚² hɔː²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: bok⁵ ho³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔk̚³² hᵘɔ²²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: po⁵ ho
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰo¹¹ ho¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pho̍k-hò
    • Hakka Romanization System: pog ho^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pog⁶ ho²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰok̚⁵ ho¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: pog^ˋ ho
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰok² ho⁵⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bó̤-hô̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔ⁵⁴ xɔ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍h-hô
    • Tâi-lô: po̍h-hô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poiqhooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /po(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ho²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k-hô
    • Tâi-lô: po̍k-hô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poghooi
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² hɤ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bo⁷ ho³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pō hò
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /po¹¹ ho²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶bu-hu
    • MiniDict: bu^去 hu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bu-hu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bu²² hu⁴⁴/

Noun

薄荷

1. mint (Mentha spp., especially Mentha canadensis) or mint-like plant

   胡椒薄荷  ―  hújiāobóhé  ―  peppermint

   貓薄荷／猫薄荷  ―  māobóhé  ―  catnip

Derived terms

• 美國薄荷 / 美国薄荷 (Měiguó bòhé)
• 胡椒薄荷 (hújiāobòhé)
• 薄荷原油 (bòhé yuányóu)
• 薄荷毸
• 薄荷油 (bòhéyóu)
• 薄荷精
• 薄荷糖 (bòhétáng)
• 薄荷腦 / 薄荷脑 (bòhénǎo)
• 薄荷醇 (bòhéchún)
• 薄荷醬 / 薄荷酱
• 貓薄荷 / 猫薄荷 (māobòhe)
• 辣薄荷
• 金錢薄荷 / 金钱薄荷

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (薄荷):

• → Japanese: 薄(はっ)荷(か) (hakka)
• → Korean: 박하(薄荷) (bakha)
• → Vietnamese: bạc hà (薄荷)

Others:

• → Zhuang: bozhoz

Japanese

Kanji in this term
薄	荷
はく > はっ Grade: S	か Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 薄荷.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はっか [hàkká] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠k̚ka̠]

Noun

薄(はっ)荷(か) or 薄荷(ハッカ) • (hakka) ^{←はくか (fakuka) or ハクカ (fakuka)?}

1. Synonym of ミント (minto, “mint”) (plant)
2. Short for 日本薄荷 (Nihon hakka, “Japanese mint”).
3. (traditional Chinese medicine) dried mint leaves used in medicine

   Synonym: 薄荷葉 (hakkayō)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 日(ニ)本(ホン)薄(ハッ)荷(カ) (Nihon hakka)
• 西(セイ)洋(ヨウ)薄(ハッ)荷(カ) (Seiyō hakka)
• 薄荷精(はっかせい) (hakkasei)
• 薄荷糖(はっかとう) (hakkatō)
• 薄荷脳(はっかのう) (hakkanō)
• 薄荷(はっか)パイプ (hakkapaipu)
• 薄荷油(はっかゆ) (hakkayu)
• 犬薄荷(いぬはっか) (inuhakka)
• 花薄荷(はなはっか) (hanahakka)
• 山薄荷(やまはっか) (yamahakka)

Korean

Hanja in this term
薄	荷

Noun

薄荷 • (bakha) (hangeul 박하)

1. hanja form^? of 박하 (“mint”)

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
薄	荷
Grade: S	Grade: 3

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 薄荷. Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as はくか.

Noun

薄荷(ふぁっか) or 薄荷(はっか) (fakka or hakka) 

1. mint

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
薄	荷

Noun

薄荷

1. chữ Hán form of bạc hà (“mint”).