玉蜀黍

Chinese

jade sorghum
simp. and trad.
(玉蜀黍)		 玉 蜀黍

Pronunciation

Noun

玉蜀黍

  1. corn; maize

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 玉米 (“corn; maize”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 玉米
Taxonomic name 玉米、玉蜀黍
Mandarin Beijing 老玉米、棒子
Taiwan 玉米、番麥
Harbin 包米
Shenyang 包米
Jinan 棒子
Muping 棒棒兒、包兒米、玉米
Luoyang 棒子、包穀、玉蜀黍、蜀黍、玉蜀黍兒、老玉米、玉米
Jiedian 玉䵚秫、玉米
Xi'an 包穀、玉麥
Xining 包穀、包穀棒子
Xuzhou 棒子、玉秫秫、大秫秫、玉米棒子
Yinchuan 玉米
Lanzhou 包穀
Ürümqi 包穀
Wuhan 包穀
Chengdu 玉麥、玉米、包穀
Guiyang 包穀
Liuzhou 玉米
Kunming 包穀
Yangzhou 玉蘆書、棒頭
Nanjing 包蘆、包穀、玉蜀珠、玉米
Hefei 六穀
Malaysia 玉米
Singapore 玉米
Cantonese Guangzhou 粟米、包粟
Hong Kong 粟米
Dongguan 粟米
Hong Kong (Weitou) 包粟
Taishan 粟米
Yangjiang 珍珠粟
Kuala Lumpur 包粟、楂弓
Gan Nanchang 玉米
Lichuan 包粟、金豆
Pingxiang 包粟
Hakka Meixian 包粟
Xingning 包粟
Huidong 包粟
Qujiang 包粟
Xiaosanjiang 包麥
Changting 包粟
Pingyu 包粟
Wuping 包粟
Ninghua 包鬚
Yudu 包粟
Ruijin 包粟
Shicheng 包粟
Shangyou 包粟
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 包粟
Liudui (S. Sixian) 包粟
Hsinchu (Hailu) 包粟
Dongshi (Dabu) 包粟
Zhuolan (Raoping) 包粟
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 番麥
Hong Kong 包粟
Huizhou Jixi 包蘿
Jin Taiyuan 玉茭子
Xinzhou 玉茭子
Min Bei Jian'ou 波羅、觀音豆、觀豆
Min Dong Fuzhou 油天炮
Fuqing 玉秫黍、番黍、油天炮
Min Nan Xiamen 麥穗、番麥 dated、蘆黍 dated
Quanzhou 番大麥、蘆黍 dated
Zhangzhou 麥穗、番黍、番麥 dated、蘆黍 dated
Taipei 番麥
Kaohsiung 番麥
Tainan 番麥
Taichung 番麥
Hsinchu 番麥
Lukang 番麥
Sanxia 番麥
Yilan 番麥
Kinmen 包果、番麥
Magong 番仔蘆黍
Penang jagung
Philippines (Manila) 玉米
Chaozhou 薏米仁
Shantou 幼米仁
Haikou 珍珠米
Pinghua Nanning 玉米
Wu Shanghai 珍珠米、玉米
Suzhou 御麥
Hangzhou 六穀
Wenzhou 包蘿粟、糯米粟、粟麥、飯糰粟、珍珠粟
Danyang 玉米粟、珍珠粟
Jinhua 包蘿
Ningbo 六穀
Xiang Changsha 玉米、包穀
Shuangfeng 包穀、玉米子
Loudi 玉米子

Japanese

玉蜀黍 (tōmorokoshi): a botanical illustration of the maize or corn plant.
Kanji in this term
玉 蜀 黍
Grade: 1 Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Etymology

/taumorokoɕi/ → /tɔːmorokoɕi/ → /toːmorokoɕi/

Originally a compound of 唐 (tō, “Tang Dynasty; China in general; (by extension) foreign”) +‎ 蜀黍 or 唐黍 (morokoshi, “sorghum”),[1] from the visual similarities between the sorghum and maize plants.

The spelling is from Chinese,[1] and appears to be a compound of 玉 (“jade, jewel”) + 蜀黍 (“sorghum”, literally “Shu millet”). Compare modern Mandarin 玉蜀黍 (yùshǔshǔ, “maize”).

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) トーモ​ロコシ [tòómóꜜròkòshì] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
    • IPA(key): [to̞ːmo̞ɾo̞ko̞ɕi]

Noun

玉蜀黍 (hiragana とうもろこし, katakana トウモロコシ, rōmaji tōmorokoshi, historical hiragana たうもろこし)

  1. maize, corn (especially corn on the cob)
Usage notes

For loose-kernel corn, the more common term in Japanese is コーン (kōn).

References

  1. 1 2 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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