胡麻

Chinese

		barbarian; recklessly; surname	(to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp (to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp; numb; to bother
simp. and trad. (胡麻)		胡	麻
Literally: “foreign hemp”.

Etymology

This word originally referred to flax (Linum usitatissimum), an import from the Western Regions, but was later confounded with sesame. For more on the background, see Laufer (1967).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): húmá

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄇㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ maa⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: húmá
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄇㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwuma
  - IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ ma̠³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wu⁴ maa⁴
  - Yale: wùh màh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ maa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ ma⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ maː²¹/

Noun

胡麻

flax (Linum usitatissimum); linseed
sesame (Sesamum indicum)

Synonyms

(sesame): 芝麻 (zhīma)

Derived terms

胡麻籽

Japanese

Kanji in this term
胡	麻
ご Jinmeiyō	ま Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) ごま [gòmá] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ma̠]
Homophone: 護摩

Noun

胡麻 (hiragana ごま, katakana ゴマ, rōmaji goma)

sesame (either the plant or the seeds)

Derived terms

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