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 plants, including peppermint)

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (薄荷):
  • → Japanese: 薄(はっ)荷(か) (hakka)
  • → Korean: 박하(薄荷) (bakha)
  • → Vietnamese: bạc hà (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) • (hakka) ←はくか (fakuka)?

  1. Synonym of ミント (minto, “mint”) (plant)
  2. Short for 日本薄荷 (Nihon hakka, “Japanese mint”).

Derived terms
Derived terms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
薄荷

Noun

薄荷 • (bakha) (hangeul 박하)

  1. Hanja form? of 박하 (“mint”).

Okinawan

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 (hiragana ふぁっか, romaji fakka, hiragana はっか, romaji 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
Hán tự in this term
薄荷

Noun

薄荷

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