木須

Chinese

		tree; wood	phonetic
trad. (木須)		木	須
simp. (木须)		木	须

木樨花。

Etymology

From the flower of the plant 木樨 (mùxī, “sweet osmanthus”), due to a similar appearance.

Qing-dynasty official and writer Liang Gongchen recorded the following in his Scribbled Notes on the Gardens of the North and East, 3:

北方店中以雞子炒肉，名木樨肉，蓋取其有碎黃色也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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北方店中以鸡子炒肉，名木樨肉，盖取其有碎黄色也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

Běifāng diàn zhōng yǐ jīzǐ chǎo ròu, míng mùxī ròu, gài qǔ qí yǒu suì huáng sè yě. [Pinyin]

In shops of northern China, people stir-fry meat with eggs and call the dish “muxi pork”, because of its mottled yellow appearance.

The pronunciation is due to assimilation of vowel roundness.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mùxū

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ seoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mùxū
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mùsyu
    • Wade–Giles: mu⁴-hsü¹
    • Yale: mù-syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhshiu
    • Palladius: мусюй (musjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: muk⁶ seoi¹
    • Yale: muhk sēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ soey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ sêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² sɵy̯⁵⁵/

Noun

木須

1. scrambled eggs, as cooked in dishes such as moo shu pork or egg drop soup

Synonyms

• 木樨 (mùxī)

Derived terms

• 木須肉／木须肉

 

Descendants

• → English: moo shu