檸檬

See also: 柠檬

Chinese
phonetic
trad. (檸檬) 檸 檬
simp. (柠檬) 柠 檬
2nd round simp. 宁𰰡
alternative forms 黎檬
黎朦
宜蒙
來檬／来檬
萊檬／莱檬
檸檬/柠檬

Etymology

Borrowed from English lemon (Huang, 2020); first attested in Volume I of Part II of A Dictionary of the Chinese Language in Three Parts [1819] by Robert Morrison (Huang, 2009).

For Taiwanese Min Nan lê-bóng and Hakka lê-móng, via Japanese 檸檬(レモン) (remon), from English lemon. For Philippine Hokkien, directly from English lemon.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • lêng5 mong5/lêng5 mou5 - literary;
  • lam5 mong2/nam5 mong2 - vernacular.
    • Wu
      • (Shanghai):
        • Wugniu: 6gnin-mon
        • MiniDict: nyin去 mon
        • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 3nyin-mon
        • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲin²² moŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

檸檬

  1. lemon (fruit, tree)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Proper noun

檸檬

  1. (～埠) (dated) Puerto Limón (a city, the capital city of Limón, Costa Rica)

Synonyms
  • 利蒙

Japanese
Kanji in this term
檸 檬
れ
Hyōgaiji		 もん
Hyōgaiji
irregular

Etymology

Borrowed from English lemon.

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓) and ateji (当て字), from Chinese 檸檬／柠檬 (níngméng).

For pronunciation and definitions of 檸檬 – see the following entry.
【レモン】
[noun] lemon
(This term, 檸檬, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.)
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