檸檬

See also: 柠檬

Chinese

	phonetic
trad. (檸檬)	檸	檬
simp. (柠檬)	柠	檬
variant forms	黎檬黎朦宜蒙來檬／来檬萊檬／莱檬

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū). For Taiwanese Min Nan and Hakka, via Japanese 檸檬 (remon).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): níngméng

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄥˊ

(Dungan, Cyrillic): лиму (limu, I-II) / лиму (limu, I-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): ning⁴ mung^4-1
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lê-móng
Min Dong (BUC): nìng-mùng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): lê-bóng / lêng-bông

(Teochew, Peng'im): lêng⁵ mong⁵ / lêng⁵ mou⁵ / lam⁵ mong² / nam⁵ mong²
Wu (Wiktionary): nyin mon (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: níngméng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ningmeng
  - IPA ^(key): /niŋ³⁵ mɤŋ³⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: лиму (limu, I-II) / лиму (limu, I-I)
  - IPA ^(key): /liː²⁴ mʊ⁵¹/, /liː²⁴ mʊ²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ning⁴ mung^4-1
  - Yale: nìhng mūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ning⁴ mung^4-1
  - Guangdong Romanization: ning⁴ mung¹
  - IPA ^(key): /nɪŋ²¹ mʊŋ²¹⁻⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lê-móng
  - Hakka Romanization System: le´ mong`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: le¹ mong³
  - IPA: /le²⁴ moŋ³¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: nìng-mùng
  - IPA ^(key): /nˡiŋ⁵³⁻³³ muŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lê-bóng
  - Tâi-lô: lê-bóng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: le'borng
  - IPA (Taipei): /le²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /le²³⁻³³ bɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, dated in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-bông
  - Tâi-lô: lîng-bông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lengboong
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ bɔŋ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² bɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² bɔŋ¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lêng⁵ mong⁵ / lêng⁵ mou⁵ / lam⁵ mong² / nam⁵ mong²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng mông / lêng môu / lâm móng / nâm móng
  - IPA ^(key): /leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ moŋ⁵⁵/, /leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mou⁵⁵/, /lam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ moŋ⁵²/, /nam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ moŋ⁵²/

Note:

lêng5 mong5/lêng5 mou5 - literary;
lam5 mong2/nam5 mong2 - vernacular.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: nyin mon (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲɪɲ²² mʊŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

檸檬

lemon (fruit, tree)

Synonyms

(lemon): 宜母子 (yímǔzǐ)

Derived terms

檸檬水／柠檬水 (níngméngshuǐ)
檸檬汁／柠檬汁 (níngméngzhī)
檸檬素／柠檬素
檸檬色／柠檬色 (níngméngsè)
檸檬茶／柠檬茶 (níngméngchá)
檸檬草／柠檬草 (níngméngcǎo)

檸檬酸／柠檬酸 (níngméngsuān)
檸檬醬／柠檬酱 (níngméngjiàng)
檸檬香茅／柠檬香茅 (níngméng xiāngmáo)
甜檸檬心理／甜柠檬心理
青檸檬／青柠檬

Japanese

Kanji in this term
檸	檬
れ Hyōgaiji	もん Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Etymology

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓) and ateji (当て字), from Chinese 檸檬

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) レモン [réꜜmòǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
- (Tokyo) レモン [rèmóń] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [ɾe̞mõ̞ɴ]

Noun

檸檬 (katakana レモン, rōmaji remon)

Rare spelling of レモン (“lemon”).

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