呀囒米

Chinese

			rice; meter
trad. (呀囒米)		呀囒	米
simp. (呀𪢠米)		呀𪢠	米

Etymology

呀囒／呀𪢠 is borrowed from Spanish grana (“cochineal”) (Ching, 2017).

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa⁴ laan¹ mai⁵
Min Nan (POJ): giâ-lan-bí

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaa⁴ laan¹ mai⁵
  - Yale: ngàh lāan máih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁴ laan¹ mai⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: nga⁴ lan¹ mei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaː²¹ laːn⁵⁵ mɐi̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: dated in Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giâ-lan-bí
  - Tâi-lô: giâ-lan-bí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gialanbie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡia²⁴⁻²² lan⁴⁴⁻²² bi⁵³/

Noun

呀囒米

(obsolete) cochineal
- 呀囒米來自外洋用以染色 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  呀𪢠米来自外洋用以染色 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 1841, Elijah Coleman Bridgman, A Chinese Chrestomathy in the Canton Dialect, page 204
  ngaa⁴ laan¹ mai⁵ loi⁴ zi⁶ ngoi⁶ joeng⁴ jung⁶ ji⁵ jim⁵ sik¹ [Jyutping]
  Cochineal comes from foreign countries, and is used in dyeing.

Synonyms

胭脂蟲／胭脂虫 (yānzhichóng)

References

Douglas, Carstairs (1899), “bí”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, London: Presbyterian Church of England, page 18
Chalmers, John (1907), “cochineal”, in English and Cantonese Dictionary, seventh edition, Hongkong: Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., page 46

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