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芝麻
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Chinese
Etymology 1
From earlier 脂麻.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zi1 maa4
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): zi1 ma3
- Jin (Wiktionary): zi1 ma1
- Eastern Min (BUC): ciĕ-muài
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chi-môa / chir-môa
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1tsy-mo
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zhr1 ma2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zhīma
- Zhuyin: ㄓ ˙ㄇㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhihmå
- Wade–Giles: chih1-ma5
- Yale: jr̄-ma
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy.ma
- Palladius: чжима (čžima)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mä²/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: zi1 ma2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zma
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ ma²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)+
- Jyutping: zi1 maa4
- Yale: jī màh
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzi1 maa4
- Guangdong Romanization: ji1 ma4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ maː²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: zi1 ma3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡si³³ ᵐba²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)+
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: zi1 ma1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sz̩¹¹ ma¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: ciĕ-muài
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sie⁵⁵ muai⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Xiang
Noun
芝麻
Synonyms
Derived terms
- 大缸裡翻油,沿路拾芝麻 / 大缸里翻油,沿路拾芝麻
- 整簍灑油,滿地撿芝麻 / 整篓洒油,满地捡芝麻
- 滿地撿芝麻,整簍灑油 / 满地捡芝麻,整篓洒油
- 芝麻官 (zhīmaguān)
- 芝麻小事 (zhīmaxiǎoshì)
- 芝麻油 (zhīmayóu)
- 芝麻灣 / 芝麻湾 (Zhīmawān)
- 芝麻球 (zhīmaqiú)
- 芝麻稭 / 芝麻秸
- 芝麻糊 (zhīmahù)
- 芝麻綠豆 / 芝麻绿豆 (zhīma lǜdòu)
- 芝麻菜 (zhīmacài)
- 芝麻街 (Zhīmajiē)
- 芝麻醬 / 芝麻酱 (zhīmajiàng)
- 野芝麻
- 陳年爛芝麻 / 陈年烂芝麻
- 陳穀子爛芝麻 / 陈谷子烂芝麻 (chén gǔzi làn zhīma)
- 陳芝麻爛穀子 / 陈芝麻烂谷子 (chén zhīma làn gǔzi)
- 黑芝麻 (hēizhīma)
Etymology 2
Near homophone of 支那 (Zhīnà).
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)+
- Jyutping: zi1 maa4
- Yale: jī màh
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzi1 maa4
- Guangdong Romanization: ji1 ma4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ maː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)+
Proper noun
芝麻
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, euphemistic) alternative form of 支那 (Zhīnà, “China (derogatory)”)
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