美人蕉

Chinese

		beautiful woman; beauty; lovely lady beautiful woman; beauty; lovely lady; royal consort	banana
trad. (美人蕉)		美人	蕉
simp. #(美人蕉)		美人	蕉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měirénjiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ jan³ ziu¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶me-gnin-ciau; ⁶me-zen-ciau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měirénjiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měirénjiao
    • Wade–Giles: mei³-jên²-chiao¹
    • Yale: měi-rén-jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeirenjiau
    • Palladius: мэйжэньцзяо (mɛjžɛnʹczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ jan³ ziu¹
    • Yale: méih yan jīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ jan³ dziu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ yen³ jiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ jɐn³³ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶me-gnin-ciau; ⁶me-zen-ciau
    • MiniDict: me^去 nyin ciau; me^去 zen ciau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³me-nyin-jiau; ³me-zen-jiau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /me²² n̠ʲin⁵⁵ t͡ɕiɔ²¹/, /me²² zən⁵⁵ t͡ɕiɔ²¹/

Noun

美人蕉

1. Canna indica

Japanese

Kanji in this term
美	人	蕉
び Grade: 3	じん Grade: 1	しょう Jinmeiyō
kan’on		on’yomi

Etymology

美人(びじん) (bijin, “a beauty”) + 蕉(しょう) (shō, “banana, plantain”)

Noun

美(び)人(じん)蕉(しょう) or 美人蕉(ビジンシょウ) • (bijinshō) ^{←びじんせう (bizinseu)?}

1. Synonym of 姫芭蕉 (himebashō, “Musa coccinea”)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).