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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bādànmù
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄉㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: badannmuh
  - IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵⁵ ta̠n⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹/

Noun

巴旦木

almond

Synonyms

扁桃 (biǎntáo)

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