木樨

Chinese

		tree; wood
simp. and trad. (木樨)		木	樨
variant forms		木犀

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mùxī

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ sai¹
Min Nan (POJ): bo̍k-se

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mùxī → mùxi (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄒㄧ → ㄇㄨˋ ˙ㄒㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muh.shi
  - IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/ → /mu⁵¹ ɕi¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: muk⁶ sai¹
  - Yale: muhk sāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ sai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ sei¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² sɐi̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-se
  - Tâi-lô: bo̍k-se
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bogsef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻²² se³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² se⁴⁴/

Noun

木樨

sweet osmanthus (the plant)
(figuratively) Alternative name for 木須／木须 (mùxū, “beaten eggs, as cooked in dishes such as moo shu pork or egg drop soup”).

Synonyms

(sweet osmanthus, the plant): 桂花 (guìhuā)

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