落花生

Chinese

		fallen blossoms; falling blossoms	to grow
simp. and trad. (落花生)		落花	生

Etymology

After the peanut's flower drops to the ground, its ovary enters the soil and the seed pod grows.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): luòhuāshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄚㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ faa¹ sang¹
Min Nan (POJ): lo̍k-hoa-seng / lo̍k-hoa-sng / lo̍k-ga-seng / lōa-seng / loa̍h-á-seng / loa̍h-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: luòhuāshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄚㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohhuasheng
  - IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ xu̯a̠⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lok⁶ faa¹ sang¹
  - Yale: lohk fā sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ faa¹ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ fa¹ seng¹
  - IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² fɑː⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-hoa-seng
  - Tâi-lô: lo̍k-hua-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loghoasefng
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² hua⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hua⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² hua⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-hoa-sng
  - Tâi-lô: lo̍k-hua-sng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loghoasngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴⁻²² hua³³ sŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-ga-seng
  - Tâi-lô: lo̍k-ga-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loggasefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² ga⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lōa-seng
  - Tâi-lô: luā-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loaxsefng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lua²²⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loa̍h-á-seng
  - Tâi-lô: lua̍h-á-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loaq'afsefng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lua(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loa̍h-seng
  - Tâi-lô: lua̍h-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loaqsefng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lua(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Note: lōa-seng, loa̍h-seng - contractions.

Noun

落花生

peanut (Classifier: 粒 m)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 花生 (“peanut”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		落花生
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		花生
Taxonomic name		落花生
Mandarin	Beijing	花生
	Taiwan	花生、土豆
	Harbin	花生
	Jinan	花生、長果
	Xi'an	落花生、花生
	Xining	花生
	Yinchuan	花生
	Ürümqi	花生
	Wuhan	花生
	Chengdu	花生
	Guiyang	花生
	Yangzhou	花生
	Nanjing	花生
	Hefei	花生
Cantonese	Guangzhou	花生
	Hong Kong	花生
	Taishan	花生
	Yangjiang	地豆
Gan	Nanchang	花生
Hakka	Meixian	番豆
	Xingning	番豆
	Huidong	地豆
	Qujiang	地豆
	Xiaosanjiang	番豆
	Changting	番豆
	Pingyu	番豆
	Wuping	番豆
	Liancheng	花生
	Ninghua	番豆
	Ruijin	番豆
	Shicheng	花生
	Shangyou	花生
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	番豆
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	番豆
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	地豆
	Dongshi (Dabu)	地豆
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	地豆
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	地豆
Jin	Taiyuan	花生
Min Bei	Jian'ou	花生
Min Dong	Fuzhou	花生
Min Nan	Xiamen	塗豆、落花生
	Quanzhou	塗豆、落花生
	Zhangzhou	塗豆、落花生
	Taipei	塗豆
	Kaohsiung	塗豆
	Tainan	塗豆
	Taichung	塗豆
	Hsinchu	塗豆
	Lukang	塗豆
	Sanxia	塗豆
	Yilan	塗豆
	Kinmen	塗豆
	Magong	塗豆
	Penang	塗豆
	Chaozhou	地豆
Pinghua	Nanning	花生
Wu	Shanghai	花生、長生果
	Suzhou	長生果、花生
	Hangzhou	花生、落花生
	Wenzhou	落花生、落角生
Xiang	Changsha	花生
Xiang	Shuangfeng	落花生、花生

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (落花生):

Japanese: 落 (らっ)花 (か)生 (せい) (rakkasei)
Korean: 낙화생 (落花生, nakhwasaeng)

Others:

→ Vietnamese: lạc

Japanese

Kanji in this term
落	花	生
らく > らっ Grade: 3	か Grade: 1	せい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 落花生

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) らっかせー [ràkkáꜜsèè] (Nakadaka – [3])
- (Tokyo) らっかせー [ràkkáséé] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [ɾa̠k̚ka̠se̞ː]

Noun

落花生 (hiragana らっかせい, katakana ラッカセイ, rōmaji rakkasei, historical hiragana らくくわせい)

peanut

Synonyms

南 (ナン)京 (キン)豆 (マメ) (Nankinmame)
ピーナッツ (pīnattsu)

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