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


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

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (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

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”).

Derived terms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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.[1]

Noun

薄荷(ふぁっか) or 薄荷(はっか) (fakka or hakka) 

  1. mint

References

  1. 1896: 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”). In Japanese. http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/992016/80

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
薄荷

Noun

薄荷

  1. chữ Hán form of bạc hà (“mint”).
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