麥嶺

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Chinese

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wheat; barley; oats mountain range
trad. (麥嶺)
simp. (麦岭)

Etymology

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Calque of Korean 보릿고개 (boritgogae, literally barley pass).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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麥嶺

  1. (Korean Classical Chinese) annual period of food shortage around May, when the autumn rice harvest is nearly exhausted but the June barley harvest is not yet ready

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ばく
Hyōgai
れい
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 麥嶺 – see the following entry.
麦嶺バークレー
[proper noun] (obsolete) Berkeley (a city in Alameda, California, United States)
Alternative spelling
ばくれい
(This term, 麥嶺, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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麥嶺 (maengnyeong) (hangeul 맥령)

  1. hanja form? of 맥령 (Synonym of 보릿고개 (boritgogae))