烏梅

See also: 乌梅

Chinese

		a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void	Prunus mume
trad. (烏梅)		烏	梅
simp. (乌梅)		乌	梅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūméi

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ mui⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): o͘-môe / o͘-m̂ / o͘-mûi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūméi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wuméi
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹-mei²
    • Yale: wū-méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: umei
    • Palladius: умэй (umɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu¹ mui⁴
    • Yale: wū mùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ mui⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ mui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ muːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-môe
    • Tâi-lô: oo-muê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: omoee
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ muẽ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-m̂
    • Tâi-lô: oo-m̂
    • Phofsit Daibuun: o'mm
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ m̩²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-mûi
    • Tâi-lô: oo-muî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: omuii
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ muĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ muĩ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'u mwoj

Rime
Character	烏	梅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	哀都切	莫杯切
Baxter	'u	mwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuo/	/muʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔuo/	/muoi/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔo/	/muɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɔ/	/mwəj/
Li Rong	/ʔo/	/muᴀi/
Wang Li	/u/	/muɒi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔuo/	/muɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wū	méi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wu1	mui4

Noun

烏梅

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) smoked ume; dark plum

Synonyms

• 酸梅 (suānméi)

Derived terms

• 烏梅仔酒 / 乌梅仔酒
• 烏梅酒 / 乌梅酒

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (烏梅):

• → Japanese: 烏梅(うばい) (ubai)
• → Vietnamese: ô mai (烏梅)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
烏	梅
う Jinmeiyō	ばい Grade: 4
goon	kan'on

Alternative spelling
烏梅 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 烏梅 (MC 'u mwoj, literally “crow + plum”). The 烏 (“crow”) character here is used for its metaphoric meaning of black.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うばい [ùbáí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) うばい [úꜜbàì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ba̠i]

Noun

烏(う)梅(ばい) • (ubai) 

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) an unripe Japanese ume that has been smoked over a fire until black, used as a pigment and in traditional medicines to treat inflammation of the throat

Synonyms

• 燻(ふすべ)梅(うめ) (fusube ume)
• 梅(うめ)干(ぼ)し (umeboshi), 梅(うめ)干(ぼし) (umeboshi) (used less commonly for this sense)