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.

Noun

檸檬

1. lemon (fruit, tree)

Synonyms

• (obsolete) 黎檬子 (líméngzǐ), 黎朦子, 宜母子 (yímǔzǐ), 里木

Dialectal synonyms of 檸檬 (“lemon”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		檸檬
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	檸檬
Central Plains Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	лиму
Southwestern Mandarin	Kokang	罵榴
Cantonese	Guangzhou	檸檬
	Hong Kong	檸檬
	Taishan	檸檬
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	檸檬
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	檸檬
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	檸檬
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	檸檬
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	檸檬
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	檸檬
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	檸檬
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	檸檬
Jin	Taiyuan	檸檬
Southern Min	Xiamen	檸檬
	Quanzhou	檸檬
	Zhangzhou	檸檬
	Zhao'an	檸檬
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	檸檬
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	檸檬
	Kaohsiung	檸檬
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	檸檬
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	檸檬
	Yilan (Luodong)	檸檬
	Yilan (Toucheng)	檸檬
	Changhua (Yongjing)	檸檬
	Tainan (Anping)	檸檬
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	檸檬
	Penghu (Xiyu)	檸檬
	Penang (Hokkien)	檸檬
	Singapore (Hokkien)	檸檬
	Jieyang	檸檬
	Leizhou	酸檬
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	檸檬
Wu	Wenzhou	檸檬

Derived terms

• 檸檬水／柠檬水 (níngméngshuǐ)
• 檸檬汁／柠檬汁 (níngméngzhī)
• 檸檬烯／柠檬烯 (níngméngxī)
• 檸檬精／柠檬精 (níngméngjīng)
• 檸檬素／柠檬素
• 檸檬色／柠檬色 (níngméngsè)
• 檸檬茶／柠檬茶 (níngméngchá)
• 檸檬草／柠檬草 (níngméngcǎo)
• 檸檬酸／柠檬酸 (níngméngsuān)
• 檸檬醛／柠檬醛 (níngméngquán)
• 檸檬醬／柠檬酱 (níngméngjiàng)
• 檸檬香茅／柠檬香茅 (níngméng xiāngmáo)
• 甜檸檬心理／甜柠檬心理
• 青檸檬／青柠檬
• 食檸檬／食柠檬

 

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.)