烏梅

See also: 乌梅

Chinese

		a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void	plum flower
trad. (烏梅)		烏	梅
simp. (乌梅)		乌	梅

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wūméi

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄇㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ mui⁴
Min Nan (POJ): o͘-môe / o͘-m̂ / o͘-mûi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wūméi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄇㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wuméi
  - Wade–Giles: wu¹-mei²
  - Yale: wū-méi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: umei
  - Palladius: умэй (umɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wu¹ mui⁴
  - Yale: wū mùih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ mui⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ mui⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ muːi̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-môe
  - Tâi-lô: oo-muê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: omoee
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ muẽ²³/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-m̂
  - Tâi-lô: oo-m̂
  - Phofsit Daibuun: o'mm
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ m̩²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-mûi
  - Tâi-lô: oo-muî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: omuii
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ muĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ muĩ²³/

Middle Chinese: /ʔuo muʌi/

Rime
Character	烏	梅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	哀都切	莫杯切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuo/	/muʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔuo/	/muoi/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔo/	/muɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɔ/	/mwəj/
Li Rong	/ʔo/	/muᴀi/
Wang Li	/u/	/muɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔuo/	/muɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wū	méi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wu¹	mui⁴

Noun

烏梅

(traditional Chinese medicine) smoked ume; dark plum

Synonyms

酸梅 (suānméi)

Derived terms

烏梅仔酒／乌梅仔酒

烏梅酒／乌梅酒

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (烏梅):

→ Japanese: 烏梅(うばい) (ubai)
→ Vietnamese: ô mai (烏梅)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
烏	梅
う Jinmeiyō	ばい Grade: 4

Alternative spelling
烏梅 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 烏梅 (MC ʔuo muʌi, literally “crow + plum”). The 烏 (“crow”) character here is used for its metaphoric meaning of black.[1]

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) うばい [ùbáí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
(Tokyo) うばい [úꜜbàì] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝba̠i]

Noun

烏(う)梅(ばい) • (ubai)

(medicine) an unripe Japanese ume that has been smoked over a fire until black, used as a pigment and in traditional medicines to treat inflammation of the throat

Synonyms

燻(ふすべ)梅(うめ) (fusube ume)
梅(うめ)干(ぼ)し (umeboshi), 梅(うめ)干(ぼし) (umeboshi) (used less commonly for this sense)

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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