薄荷

Chinese
 
thin; slight; meagre
thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint
 peppermint; to carry burden; lotus
trad. (薄荷) 薄 荷
simp. #(薄荷) 薄 荷

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

薄荷

  1. mint (Mentha spp., especially Mentha canadensis) or mint-like plant
    胡椒薄荷  ―  hújiāobóhé  ―  peppermint
    貓薄荷／猫薄荷  ―  māobóhé  ―  catnip

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (薄荷):

Others:

  • → Zhuang: bozhoz

Japanese
Kanji in this term
薄 荷
はく > はっ
Grade: S		 か
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 薄荷.

Pronunciation

Noun

薄(はっ)荷(か) or 薄荷(ハッカ) • (hakka) ←はくか (fakuka) or ハクカ (fakuka)?

  1. Synonym of ミント (minto, “mint”) (plant)
  2. Short for 日本薄荷 (Nihon hakka, “Japanese mint”).

Derived terms
Derived terms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
薄荷

Noun

薄荷 • (bakha) (hangeul 박하)

  1. Hanja form? of 박하 (“mint”).

Okinawan
Kanji in this term
薄 荷
Grade: S Grade: 3

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 薄荷. Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as はくか.[1]

Noun

薄荷(ふぁっか) or 薄荷(はっか) (fakka or hakka) 

  1. mint

References
  1. 1896: 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”). In Japanese. http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/992016/80

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
薄荷

Noun

薄荷

  1. chữ Hán form of bạc hà (“mint”).
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