木樨

Chinese

		tree; wood
simp. and trad. (木樨)		木	樨
alternative forms		木犀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mùxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ sai¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k-se

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mùxī → mùxi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄒㄧ → ㄇㄨˋ ˙ㄒㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mùsi̊
    • Wade–Giles: mu⁴-hsi⁵
    • Yale: mù-syi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muh.shi
    • Palladius: муси (musi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/ → /mu⁵¹ ɕi¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: muk⁶ sai¹
    • Yale: muhk sāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ sai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ sei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² sɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-se
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k-se
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bogsef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² se⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻² se³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ se⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² se⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² se⁴⁴/

Noun

木樨

1. sweet osmanthus (the plant)
2. (figurative) Alternative name for 木須／木须 (mùxū, “beaten eggs, as cooked in dishes such as moo shu pork or egg drop soup”).

Synonyms

• (sweet osmanthus, the plant): 桂花 (guìhuā)

Derived terms

• 木樨地 (Mùxīdì)
• 草木樨 (cǎomùxī)