蜂蜜

Chinese
bee; wasp honey
simp. and trad.
(蜂蜜)		 蜂 蜜
anagram 蜜蜂

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蜂 蜂 蜜
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3) 滂 (2) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 東 (1) 鍾 (7) 眞 (48)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) I III III
Fanqie 薄紅切 敷容切 彌畢切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /buŋ/ /pʰɨoŋ/ /miɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /buŋ/ /pʰioŋ/ /mit̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /buŋ/ /pʰioŋ/ /mjet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /bəwŋ/ /pʰuawŋ/ /mit̚/
Li
Rong		 /buŋ/ /pʰioŋ/ /miĕt̚/
Wang
Li		 /buŋ/ /pʰĭwoŋ/ /mĭĕt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /bʱuŋ/ /pʰi̯woŋ/ /mi̯ĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 péng fēng mì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 pung4 fung1 mat6

Noun
蜂蜜 (fēngmì)

蜂蜜

  1. honey (sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees)

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 蜂蜜 (“honey”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 蜜
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 蜂蜜
Mandarin Beijing 蜂蜜
Taiwan 蜂蜜
Jinan 蜂蜜, 蜜
Xi'an 蜂蜜, 蜂糖
Wuhan 蜂蜜
Chengdu 蜂糖, 蜂蜜
Guilin 蜂蜜
Yangzhou 蜂蜜, 蜜
Hefei 蜂蜜
Malaysia 蜂蜜, 蜜糖
Singapore 蜂蜜, 蜜糖
Cantonese Guangzhou 蜜糖
Hong Kong 蜜糖
Taishan 蜜糖
Yangjiang 蜜糖
Gan Nanchang 蜜糖, 蜜
Hakka Meixian 蜂糖
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 蜂糖
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 蜂糖
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 蜂糖
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 蜂糖
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 蜂糖
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 蜂糖
Jin Taiyuan 蜂蜜, 蜜
Min Bei Jian'ou 蜂糖
Min Dong Fuzhou 蜂蜜, 蜜
Min Nan Xiamen 蜂蜜, 蜜
Quanzhou 蜂蜜, 蜜
Zhangzhou 蜂蜜, 蜜
Taipei 蜂蜜, 蜜
Penang (Hokkien) 蜜糖
Chaozhou 蜂蜜
Puxian Min Putian 冬蜜
Putian (Donghai) 蜂蜜
Putian (Jiangkou) 冬蜜
Putian (Nanri) 蜂蜜, 冬蜜
Xianyou 蜂蜜, 冬蜜
Xianyou (Fengting) 蜂蜜
Xianyou (Youyang) 蜂蜜
Wu Shanghai 蜜糖
Suzhou 蜜糖, 蜜
Wenzhou 蜜, 蜂蜜
Xiang Changsha 蜜糖
Shuangfeng 蜂糖, 蜜糖

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (蜂蜜):
  • → Korean: 봉밀(蜂蜜) (bongmil)

Japanese
蜂蜜 (hachimitsu): honey.
Kanji in this term
蜂 蜜
はち
Grade: S		 みつ
Grade: S
yutōyomi

Etymology

Compound of 蜂 (hachi, “bee”) +‎ 蜜 (mitsu, “honey”).

Pronunciation

Noun

蜂(はち)蜜(みつ) • (hachimitsu) 

  1. honey

Derived terms

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
蜂蜜

Noun

蜂蜜 • (bongmil) (hangeul 봉밀)

  1. Hanja form? of 봉밀 (“honey”).
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