白木耳

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	wood ear; tree ear; black fungus Auricularia nigricans, syn. Auricularia polytricha
trad. (白木耳)		白	木耳
simp. #(白木耳)		白	木耳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báimù'ěr

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄦˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ muk⁶ ji⁵
• Gan (Wiktionary): pah⁷ muh eo³
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): pag⁶ mug⁵ mi³
• Jin (Wiktionary): bai¹ meh^4-3 er²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-bo̍k-ní / pe̍h-bo̍k-lí / pe̍eh-bo̍k-jí / pe̍eh-bo̍k-ní / pe̍h-bo̍k-jí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báimù'ěr
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄦˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báimù-ěr
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-mu⁴-êrh³
    • Yale: bái-mù-ěr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairmuheel
    • Palladius: баймуэр (bajmuer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ mu⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ muk⁶ ji⁵
    • Yale: baahk muhk yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ muk⁹ ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ mug⁶ yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² mʊk̚² jiː¹³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: pah⁷ muh eo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaʔ² muʔ¹ ɵ²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pag⁶ mug⁵ mi³
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰak̚⁵ mʊk̚¹ mi³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: bai¹ meh^4-3 er²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /pai¹¹ məʔ²⁻⁴⁵ əɻ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-bo̍k-ní
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-bo̍k-ní
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqbognie
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² nĩ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² nĩ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² nĩ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-bo̍k-lí
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-bo̍k-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqboglie
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² bɔk̚²⁴⁻² li⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-bo̍k-jí
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-bo̍k-jí
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zi⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-bo̍k-ní
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-bo̍k-ní
    • IPA (Penang): /pɛ(ʔ)⁴⁻³ bɔk̚⁴⁻³ ni⁴⁴⁵/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-bo̍k-jí
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-bo̍k-jí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqbogjie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² zi⁴¹/

Noun

白木耳

1. snow fungus (Tremella fuciformis)
2. (slang) virginal woman

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 銀耳 (“snow fungus”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		銀耳, 白木耳
Mandarin	Beijing	銀耳
	Taiwan	白木耳, 銀耳
	Harbin	白木耳, 銀耳
	Yantai (Muping)	銀耳
	Jinan	銀耳
	Luoyang	銀耳
	Wanrong	白木耳, 銀耳
	Xi'an	白木耳
	Yinchuan	銀耳
	Lanzhou	銀耳
	Xining	銀耳
	Ürümqi	白木耳
	Wuhan	白木耳, 白耳子
	Chengdu	白木耳, 銀耳
	Guiyang	白木耳
	Liuzhou	白木耳, 銀耳
	Xuzhou	銀耳, 白木耳
	Yangzhou	白木耳
	Nanjing	白木耳
	Nantong	白木耳
	Singapore	白木耳
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雪耳
	Hong Kong	雪耳
	Kaiping (Chikan)	雪耳
	Dongguan	雪耳
Gan	Nanchang	白木耳
	Lichuan	白雲耳
	Pingxiang	白木耳
Hakka	Meixian	白木耳
	Yudu	白木耳
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	白木耳
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	白木耳
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	白木耳
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	白木耳
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	白木耳
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	白木耳
Huizhou	Jixi	白木耳
Jin	Taiyuan	白木耳, 銀耳
	Xinzhou	銀耳
Northern Min	Jian'ou	白木耳
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	白木耳
Southern Min	Xiamen	白木耳
	Quanzhou	白木耳
	Zhangzhou	白木耳
	Penang (Hokkien)	白木耳
	Manila (Hokkien)	白木耳
	Shantou	白目耳
	Haikou	白木耳
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	銀耳, 雲耳
Wu	Shanghai	白雲耳, 白木耳, 雲耳
	Shanghai (Chongming)	白螞耳
	Suzhou	白木耳
	Danyang	銀耳, 白木耳
	Hangzhou	白木耳
	Ningbo	白木耳
	Wenzhou	白木耳
	Jinhua	白木耳
Xiang	Changsha	銀耳
	Loudi	白木耳

Antonyms

• 黑木耳 (hēimù'ěr)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	木	耳
しろ Grade: 1	き Grade: 1	- Grade: 1
kun’yomi	irregular

白木耳, Tremella fuciformis

Etymology

Compound of 白 (shiro, “white”) +‎ 木耳 (kikurage, “wood ear, Judas-ear fungus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾo̞kʲikɯ̟ᵝɾa̠ɡe̞]

Noun

白(しろ)木(き)耳 or 白木耳(シロキクラゲ) • (shirokikurage) 

1. a type of fungi belonging to the Tremellaceae family; Tremella fuciformis, snow fungus.