巴旦木

Chinese

		almond	tree; wood
simp. and trad. (巴旦木)		巴旦	木

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Persian ‎ (bâdâm, “almond”) via Uyghur بادام‎ (badam, “almond”) and making use of the native Chinese word 木 (mù, “tree”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bādànmù

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚㄉㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ daan³ muk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bādànmù
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄉㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: badannmuh
  - IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ tän⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baa¹ daan³ muk⁶
  - Yale: bā daan muhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ daan³ muk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ dan³ mug⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /päː⁵⁵ täːn³³ mʊk̚²/

Noun

巴旦木

almond

Synonyms

扁桃 (biǎntáo)
杏仁 (xìngrén)

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