# 蜜

| 蜜 | U+871C, &#34588; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-871C |
| ← 蜛 [U+871B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蜝 → [U+871D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蜜 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十心竹戈 (JPHI), four-corner 3013$_6$, composition ⿱宓虫)

#### Derived characters

* 𠏷, 𪢗, 𭢼, 𬉗, 櫁, 𭺋, 𦢉, 𮉒, 𬠵, 藌, 𨷛

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1085, character 36
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33143
* Dae Jaweon: page 1553, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2866, character 7
* Unihan data for U+871C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 泌 | *mpriɡs, *priɡ, *bliɡ |
| 秘 | *mpriɡs |
| 毖 | *priɡs |
| 閟 | *priɡs |
| 柲 | *priɡs, *bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ |
| 鉍 | *priɡs, *priɡ |
| 邲 | *priɡs, *bliɡ, *briɡ |
| 覕 | *pliŋs, *mbliːɡ |
| 咇 | *bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ |
| 苾 | *bliːɡ, *bliɡ |
| 馝 | *bliːɡ, *bliɡ |
| 飶 | *bliːɡ, *bliɡ |
| 鴓 | *mbliːɡ |
| 鮅 | *pliɡ, *bliɡ |
| 必 | *pliɡ |
| 珌 | *pliɡ |
| 佖 | *bliɡ, *briɡ |
| 駜 | *bliɡ, *briɡ |
| 怭 | *bliɡ |
| 妼 | *bliɡ |
| 宓 | *mriɡ, *mliɡ |
| 樒 | *mriɡ |
| 密 | *mriɡ |
| 蔤 | *mriɡ |
| 滵 | *mriɡ |
| 蜜 | *mliɡ |
| 謐 | *mliɡ |
| 榓 | *mliɡ |
| 淧 | *mliɡ |
| 瑟 | *smriɡ, *smriɡ |
| 璱 | *sriɡ |
| 飋 | *sriɡ |
| 虙 | *blɯɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mliɡ) : phonetic 宓 (OC *mriɡ, *mliɡ) + semantic 虫 (“insect”).

### Etymology

Possibly from Tocharian B mit, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey”). Cognate with Tocharian B mit (“honey”), English mead, Dutch mede (“mead”) German Met (“mead”), Swedish mjöd (“mead”), Sanskrit मधु (madhu, “honey”), Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu, “wine”), Old Church Slavonic медъ (medŭ, “honey”), Russian мёд (mjod, “honey”), Polish miód (“honey”).
Sense “mistress, young girl” is additionally a phono-semantic matching of English miss.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): mì (mi$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mi$^2$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): mǐ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mat$^6$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): mat$^8$
* Gan (Wiktionary): mit$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): me̍t
    (Hailu, HRS): med$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): mêd$^6$
* Jin (Wiktionary): mieh$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): mĭ
* Eastern Min (BUC): mĭk
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bih$^7$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bi̍t
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bhig$^8$ / mig$^8$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): mat$^5$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^8$miq
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): mi$^6$
    (Loudi, Wiktionary): mi$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mì
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mì
*** Wade–Giles: mi$^4$
*** Yale: mì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
*** Palladius: ми (mi)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: mi$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mi
*** Sinological IPA : /mi²¹/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: mǐ
*** Sinological IPA : /mi²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mat$^6$
*** Yale: maht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mat$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: med$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐt̚²/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: mat$^8$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐt̚²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: mit$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mit̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: me̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: med
*** Hagfa Pinyim: med$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /met̚⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: med$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /met²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: mêd$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /mɛt̚⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: mieh$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /miəʔ²/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /mi²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: mĭk
*** Sinological IPA : /miʔ⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bih$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /piʔ⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bih$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /piʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bi̍t
*** Tâi-lô: bi̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bit
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /bit̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bit̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /bit̚²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bhig$^8$ / mig$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bi̍k / mi̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /bik̚⁴/, /mik̚⁴/
* bhig8 - vernacular;
* mig8 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: mjit
Rime :
| Character | 蜜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 質 (48) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 彌畢切 |
| Baxter | mjit |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /miɪt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mit̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mjet̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mit̚/ |
| Li Rong | /miĕt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭĕt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mi̯ĕt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mat$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*mit/
    (Zhengzhang): /*mliɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 蜜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | mì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mjit › |
| Old Chinese | /*mit/ |
| English | honey |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蜜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 594 |
| Phonetic component | 必 |
| Rime group | 質 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 蜜 |
| Old Chinese | /*mliɡ/ |

### Definitions

蜜
* honey
    蜂蜜 ― fēngmì ― honey
    蜜蜂 ― mìfēng ― honeybee
** 1919, 《新舊約全書：官話和合譯本》 [Mandarin Bible, Union Version], Shanghai: American Bible Society, 申命記 [Deuteronomy] 6:3:
       Yǐsèliè a, nǐ yào tīng, yào jǐnshǒu zūnxíng, shǐ nǐ kěyǐ zài nà liú nǎi yǔ mì zhī dì, déyǐ xiǎngfú, rénshù jíqí zēngduō, zhèngrú Yēhéhuá nǐ lièzǔ de Shàngdì suǒ yīngxǔ nǐ de. [Pinyin]
       Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
** 2021, “Good Time”, 林寶 (lyrics), SOHO, Jimmy Brown, and 吳鏑 (music)‎performed by 張天賦 [MC Cheung Tinfu]:
       tou$^4$ sang$^1$ cong$^1$, noi$^6$ leoi$^5$ hok$^6$ zung$^3$ faa$^1$, mat$^6$ wui$^5$ jyu$^6$ soeng$^5$ fung$^1$ [Jyutping]
       In the survival capsule, [you] learn to plant flowers, the honey will meet the bee
* resembling honey
    糖蜜 ― tángmì ― molasses
    蜜色 ― mìsè ― colour of honey
* beeswax
    蜜燭／蜜烛 ― mìzhú ― candle
* (dialectal Cantonese) bee; honeybee
* sweet; honeyed
    甜蜜 ― tiánmì ― sweet, happy
    水蜜桃 ― shuǐmìtáo ― honey peach
    甜言蜜語／甜言蜜语 ― tiányánmìyǔ ― sweet words and honeyed phrases; cajolery
* mistress; young girl
    小蜜 ― xiǎomì ― mistress
    閨蜜／闺蜜 ― guīmì ― female friend (of female)
* (Hokkien) to marinate in honey or sugar

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蜜 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蜂蜜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 蜂蜜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蜂蜜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 蜂蜜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 蜂蜜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 蜂蜜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 蜂蜜, 蜜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 蜂蜜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 蜂蜜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 蜂蜜, 蜜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 蜂蜜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 蜂蜜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 蜂蜜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 蜂蜜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 蜂蜜, 蜜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 蜂蜜, 蜜糖 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 蜂蜜, 蜜糖 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 蜜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 蜂蜜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 蜂蜜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 蜂蜜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 蜜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 蜜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 蜂蜜, 蜜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 蜂蜜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 蜂蜜, 蜜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 蜂蜜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 蜂蜜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 蜂蜜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 蜂蜜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 蜜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 蜂糖 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 蜜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 蜂蜜, 蜜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 蜂蜜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 蜂蜜, 蜜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 蜂蜜, 蜜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 蜂蜜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 蜂蜜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 蜂蜜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 蜂蜜, 蜜, 蜂糖 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 蜂蜜, 蜜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 蜂蜜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 蜂蜜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 蜂蜜, 蜜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 蜂蜜, 蜜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 蜂蜜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 蜂蜜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 蜂蜜, 蜜, 蜂糖 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 蜂蜜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 蜂蜜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 蜂蜜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 蜂糖, 蜂蜜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 蜂蜜, 蜂糖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 蜂糖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 蜂蜜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 蜂糖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 蜂糖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 蜂糖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 蜂蜜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 蜂蜜, 蜂糖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 蜂蜜, 蜂糖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 蜂蜜, 蜜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 蜂糖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 蜂蜜, 蜂糖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 蜂糖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 蜂糖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 蜂蜜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 蜂蜜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 蜂蜜, 蜂糖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 蜂蜜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 蜜糖, 蜂蜜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 蜜糖, 蜂糖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 蜂蜜, 蜜糖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 蜂糖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 蜜糖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 蜂蜜, 蜂糖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 蜂蜜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 蜂蜜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 蜂蜜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 蜂蜜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 蜂蜜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蜂蜜, 蜜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 蜂蜜, 蜜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 蜂蜜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 蜜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 蜂蜜, 蜜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 蜂蜜, 蜜糖 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 蜂蜜, 蜜, 蜜糖 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 蜂蜜, 蜜 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 蜜糖, 蜂蜜 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 蜂蜜 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 蜂糖, 蜂蜜 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 蜜蜂糖 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 蜜糖, 蜂糖 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 蜂蜜 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Rongxian | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 蜂糖, 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 蜂糖 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Gangcheng) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 蜂蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 蜂糖 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 蜂糖 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 蜂糖, 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 蜂糖 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 蜂糖 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Ipoh (Guangfu) | 蜜糖, 蜂蜜, honey |
| Cantonese | Sarikei (Xinhui) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 蜂糖 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 蜜糖 |
| Cantonese | Betong (Rongxian) | 蜜糖 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蜜糖, 蜜 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 蜜糖 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 蜂糖 |
| Gan | Jianning | 蜜糖 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 蜜糖 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 蜜糖 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 蜜糖 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 蜜糖 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 蜜糖 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 蜜糖 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 蜜糖 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 蜂糖, 蜂蜜 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Changting | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Zhongshan) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Juxi) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Zhongbao) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Laiyuan) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 蜜 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 蜜糖, 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 蜜蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 蜜糖 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 蜜糖 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 蜜糖 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 蜜糖 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 蜜糖 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 黃蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 蜜糖 |
| Hakka | Fumian (Xisha, Xinqiao) | 蜂蜜 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Sihe, Hengshan) | 黃蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Cuntou, Xintian) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Mumian, Xilang) | 蜜蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Xingye (Gaofeng) | 蜜糖 |
| Hakka | Rongxian (Xiandi) | 蜜糖 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 蜜糖 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 蜜糖 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 蜂糖 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Jiexi) | 糖蜂糖 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 蜜糖, 蜂蜜 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 蜜糖 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 蜂糖 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蜂蜜, 蜜 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 蜂蜜 |
| Jin | Datong | 蜂蜜, 蜜 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 蜂兒蜜, 蜜 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 蜜 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 蜂蜜 |
| Jin | Linhe | 蜂蜜 |
| Jin | Jining | 蜂蜜 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 蜂蜜, 蜜 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 蜂蜜 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 蜜 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 蜂蜜 |
| Jin | Handan | 蜂蜜, 蜜 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 蜂蜜 |
| Jin | Suide | 蜂蜜, 蜜, 蜂糖 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蜂糖 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蜂蜜, 蜜 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 蜂蜜, 蜜 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 蜂蜜, 蜜 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 蜂蜜, 蜜 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 蜂蜜, 蜜 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 蜜 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 蜜糖 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 蜂糖 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 蜂糖 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Sijie) | 蜜糖 |
| Southern Min | Pingle (Zhoutang) | 蜜糖, 蜂糖, 蜜 |
| Southern Min | Lechang (Tatou) | 蜜糖 |
| Southern Min | Yingde (Yuzui) | 蜜糖 |
| Southern Min | Yunan (Liantan) | 蜜糖 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 蜂蜜, 蜜 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蜜, 蜂蜜 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 蜜蜂 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 蜜糖 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 蜜 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 蜂蜜 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 蜂糖, 蜜糖 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 蜂糖 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 冬蜜 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 蜂蜜 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 冬蜜 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 蜂蜜, 冬蜜 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 蜂蜜, 冬蜜 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 蜂蜜 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 蜂蜜 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 蜂蜜 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 蜜糖 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 蜜糖 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 蜜糖 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 蜜糖 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 蜜糖 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 蜂糖 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蜜糖 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 蜂蜜, 蜜糖 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 蜜糖, 蜜 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 蜜糖 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蜜糖, 蜜 |
| Wu | Danyang | 蜜糖 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 蜂蜜, 蜜糖 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 蜂糖, 蜜糖 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蜜, 蜂蜜 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 蜂糖 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蜜糖, 蜜 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 蜂糖, 蜜糖 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 蜂糖, 蜜糖 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 蜂蜜 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 蜜糖 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蜜蜂, 蠟蜂 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蜜蜂 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 蜜蜂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 蜜蜂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蜜蜂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 蜜蜂兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 蜜蜂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 蜜蜂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 蜜蜂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 蜜蜂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 蜜蜂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 蜜蜂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 蜜蜂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 蜜蜂兒, 蜜蜂, 蜂子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 蜜蜂, 蜂子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 蜜蜂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 蜂子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 蜜蜂兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 蜜蜂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 蜜蜂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 蜜蜂 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 蜜蜂 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 蜜蜂 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 蜜蜂 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 蜜蜂兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 蜜蜂 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 蜜蜂 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 蜜蜂 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 蜜蜂兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 蜜蜂 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 蜜蜂兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 蜜蜂兒, 蜜蜂子, 蜜蜂 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 蜜蜂兒, 蜂子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 蜜蜂 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 蜜蜂兒, 蜂兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 蜜蜂 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 蜜蜂 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 蜜蜂 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 蜜蜂, 蜂 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 蜜蜂 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 蜜蜂 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 蜜蜂 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 蜜蜂 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 蜜蜂 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 蜜蜂子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 蜜蜂兒, 蜜蜂, 蜂 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 蜜蜂 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 蜜蜂 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 蜜蜂兒, 蜜蜂 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 蜜蜂, 蜂子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 蜜蜂 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 蜜蜂兒, 蜜蜂子, 蜂兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 蜜蜂 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 蜜蜂 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 蜜蜂 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 蜜蜂, 蜂兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 蜜蜂 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 蜜蜂 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 蜜蜂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 蜂子, 蜜蜂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 蜂子, 蜜蜂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 蜂子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 蜂子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 蜂子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 蜂子, 蜜蜂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 蜂子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 蜂子, 蜜蜂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 蜜蜂, 蜂子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 蜜蜂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 蜜蜂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 蜂子, 蜜蜂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 蜂子, 蜜蜂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 蜂子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 蜂子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 蜜蜂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 蜜蜂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 蜜蜂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 蜜蜂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 蜜蜂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Pingle | 蜜蜂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 蜜蜂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luzhai | 蜜蜂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 蜜蜂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 糖蜂子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 蜜蜂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 蜜蜂, 蜂子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kokang | 蜜蜂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 蜂子, 蜜蜂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 蜂子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 蜂子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 蜜蜂 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 蜜蜂 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蜜蜂 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 蜜蜂 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 蜜蜂 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 蜜蜂 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 蜜蜂 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 蜜蜂 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 蜜蜂 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 蜂子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 蜜仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 蜜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 蜜仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 蜜仔 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 蜜仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 蜜仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 蜜仔 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 蜜仔 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 蜜仔 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 蜜, 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 蜜仔 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 蜜仔 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Rongxian | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 糖蜂, 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Gangcheng) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 蜂 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 蜜蜂, 蜜仔 |
| Cantonese | Ipoh (Guangfu) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Sarikei (Xinhui) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 蜜蜂 |
| Cantonese | Betong (Rongxian) | 黃蜂 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蜜蜂 |
| Gan | Pengze | 蜂子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 蜜蜂 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 蜂子 |
| Gan | Jianning | 蜂兒 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 糖蜂仔, 蜂仔, 蜜蜂 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 蜂哩 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 蜂仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 禾蜂 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 蜜仔 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 黃蜂 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 蜜仔 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 蜜子 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 蜜子 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 蜂哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 蜂哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 蜂哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 蜂哩 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 糖蜂 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 蜜蜂 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 糖蜂, 黃蜂 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 蜂仔 |
| Hakka | Changting | 糖蜂 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 蜂子 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 糖蜂子 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) | 糖蜂 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) | 糖蜂 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 糖蜂子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Zhongshan) | 糖蜂子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 糖蜂 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Zhongbao) | 蜂 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Laiyuan) | 糖蜂 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 蜂子 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 蜜蜂 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 糖蜂仔, 蜜蜂仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian) | 糖蜂仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian) | 蜜蜂仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian) | 糖蜂仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian) | 糖蜂仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian) | 糖蜂仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian) | 糖蜂仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 糖蜂仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 糖蜂 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 糖蜂仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 蜂仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 糖蜂仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 蜂仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 糖蜂仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 糖蜂, 蜂 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 糖蜂仔, 蜂仔, 糖蜂 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 糖蜂 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 蜜蜂, 蜂 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 蜜仔 |
| Hakka | Fumian (Xisha, Xinqiao) | 蜜蜂 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 糖蜂 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Sihe, Hengshan) | 蜜蜂 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Cuntou, Xintian) | 糖蜂 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Mumian, Xilang) | 蜜蜂 |
| Hakka | Xingye (Gaofeng) | 蜜蜂 |
| Hakka | Rongxian (Xiandi) | 蜜蜂 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Hexingchang) | 蜂子 |
| Hakka | Weiyuan (Guanyingtan) | 蜂子 |
| Hakka | Yilong (Ma'an) | 蜂子 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 蜜仔 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 蜂 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 蜜蜂 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 蜂 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 蜂 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 蜂仔 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 黃蜂 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Jiexi) | 糖蜂 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 蜂 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 蜜蜂 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 蜜蜂 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 蜂兒 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蜜蜂 |
| Jin | Taiyuan (Jinyuan) | 蜜蜂兒 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 蜜蠅兒 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 蜜蜂兒 |
| Jin | Datong | 蜜蜂兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 蜜蜂兒, 蜂兒 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 蜜蜂兒, 蜂兒 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 蜜蜂兒 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 蜜蜂 |
| Jin | Linhe | 蜜蜂, 蜂兒 |
| Jin | Jining | 蜜蜂 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 蜜蜂兒, 蜜蜂 |
| Jin | Baotou | 蜜蜂 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 蜂兒 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 蜂兒 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 蜜蜂 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 蜂兒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 蜜蜂兒, 蜜蜂 |
| Jin | Handan | 蜜蜂兒 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 蜜蜂兒 |
| Jin | Suide | 蜂兒 |
| Jiuxing Yumin | Lanxi | 狐狸蜂 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蜂, 糖蜂, 蜜蜂 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 蜂仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蜜蜂, 蜂 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 蜜蜂 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 蜂 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 蜜蜂 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 蜜蜂 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 蜜蜂 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 蜜蜂 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 蜜蜂 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 蜜蜂 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 蜂 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 蜂 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 蜜蜂 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 蜜蜂 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 蜜蜂, 蜂 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 蜜蜂 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 蜂 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 蜂 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 蜜蜂 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 蜂 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 蜜蜂 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 蜜蜂 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 蜂 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 蜂 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 蜂 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 蜂 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 蜂 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 蜂 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 蜂 |
| Southern Min | Miaoli (Houlong) | 蜜蜂 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 蜂, 蜜蜂 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 蜂 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 蜂 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 蜜蜂 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 蜜蜂 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 蜜蜂 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 蜂仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 糖蜂仔 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 糖蜂 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 蜜蜂 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Sijie) | 蜜蜂 |
| Southern Min | Pingle (Zhoutang) | 蜜蜂 |
| Southern Min | Lechang (Tatou) | 蜜蜂 |
| Southern Min | Yingde (Yuzui) | 蜜蜂, 蜜仔 |
| Southern Min | Yunan (Liantan) | 蜜仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 蜜蜂, 蜂 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蜜蜂, 蜂 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 蜂 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 蜜蜂 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 蜜蜂 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 蜂 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 蜜蜂 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 蜜蜂 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 蜂 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 糖蜂, 蜂 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 蜂 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 糖蜂, 蜂 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 蜂, 蜜蜂 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 蜜蜂 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 蜂 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 蜜蜂 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 蜂, 蜜蜂 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 蜂, 蜜蜂 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 蜂, 蜜蜂 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 糖蜂 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 糖蜂 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 糖蜂 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 蜂兒 |
| Shaojiang Min | Guangze | 蜂兒 |
| Shaojiang Min | Jiangle | 蜜蜂 |
| Shaojiang Min | Mingxi | 蜂 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shunchang | 蜜蜂 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 蜜蜂 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 蜜蜂 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 蜜蜂 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Xiuxiang) | 蜜蜂 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 蜜蜂 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 蜂仔 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 蜜蜂 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 蜜蜂 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 糖蜂 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 蜂仔 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 蜜蜂 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 糖蜂 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 蜂 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 蜂 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 蜜蜂 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 蜂 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 蜂 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 蜂 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 蜂子 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 蜂子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蜜蜂 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 蜜蜂 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong) | 蜜蜂 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 蜜蜂 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) | 蜜蜂 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) | 蜜蜂 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 蜜蜂 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蜜蜂 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) | 蜜蜂 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) | 蜜蜂 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 蜜蜂 |
| Wu | Changshu | 蜜蜂 |
| Wu | Kunshan | 蜜蜂 |
| Wu | Jiaxing | 蜜蜂 |
| Wu | Changzhou | 蜜蜂 |
| Wu | Liyang | 蜜蜂 |
| Wu | Changzhou (Jintan) | 蜜蜂 |
| Wu | Yixing | 蜜蜂 |
| Wu | Danyang | 蜜蜂 |
| Wu | Danyang (Tongjiaqiao) | 蜜蜂 |
| Wu | Jingjiang | 蜜蜂 |
| Wu | Jiangyin | 蜜蜂 |
| Wu | Huzhou (Shuanglin) | 蜜蜂 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 蜜蜂 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 蜜蜂 |
| Wu | Zhuji (Wangjiajing) | 蜂子 |
| Wu | Shengzhou (Chongren) | 蜂 |
| Wu | Shengzhou (Taiping) | 蜂 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 蜜蜂 |
| Wu | Yuyao | 蜜蜂 |
| Wu | Taizhou (Huangyan) | 蜜蜂 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蜜蜂 |
| Wu | Quzhou | 蜜蜂 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 蜜蜂, 蜂 |
| Wu | Yongkang | 蜂 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蜜蜂子, 蜜蜂 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 蜜蜂 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 蜜蜂 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 蜜蜂 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 蜜蜂 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) | 蜜仔 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) | 蜜蜂 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) | 蜜哩 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Zhoutian) | 蜜仔 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Shitang) | 蜜蜂 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou) | 蜜嘀 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Changlai) | 蜜蜂 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Beixiang) | 蜜蜂 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Huangpu) | 糖蜂 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) | 糖蜂 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Sanxi) | 糖蜂 |

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 蜜(みつ) (mitsu)
* → Okinawan: 蜜(みち) (michi)
* → Korean: 밀(蜜) (mil)
* → Vietnamese: mật (蜜)
* → Old Uyghur: 𐽹𐽶𐽾 (mir)

### Compounds

* 乖唇蜜舌
* 仙草蜜
* 刀蜜
* 刀頭蜜 / 刀头蜜
* 刺蜜
* 口甜如蜜
* 口蜜腹劍 / 口蜜腹剑 (kǒumìfùjiàn)
* 呾蜜
* 山蜜
* 崖蜜
* 度蜜月
* 搖蜜 / 摇蜜
* 木蜜
* 朱蜜
* 松蜜
* 柔情蜜意
* 梨花蜜
* 樹蜜 / 树蜜
* 檜花蜜 / 桧花蜜
* 水蜜桃 (shuǐmìtáo)
* 波羅蜜 / 波罗蜜 (bōluómì)
* 溫情蜜意 / 温情蜜意
* 然蜜
* 煉蜜 / 炼蜜
* 營蜜 / 营蜜
* 甘蜜 (gānmì)
* 甜嘴蜜舌
* 甜甜蜜蜜 (tiántiánmìmì)
* 甜蜜 (tiánmì)
* 甜蜜蜜
* 甜言蜜語 / 甜言蜜语 (tiányánmìyǔ)
* 白蜜
* 石蜜
* 穴蜜
* 糖舌蜜口
* 糖蜜 (tángmì)
* 花甜蜜嘴
* 花甜蜜就
* 花蜜 (huāmì)
* 菠蘿蜜 / 菠萝蜜 (bōluómì)
* 虎井蜜 (hó͘-chíⁿ-bi̍t) (Min Nan)
* 蜂蜜 (fēngmì)
* 蜜丁
* 蜜不齒蜂 / 蜜不齿蜂
* 蜜丸
* 蜜丸子
* 蜜人 (mìrén)
* 蜜供
* 蜜勿
* 蜜印
* 蜜口劍腹 / 蜜口剑腹
* 蜜合色
* 蜜唧
* 蜜官
* 蜜戀 / 蜜恋
* 蜜房
* 蜜月 (mìyuè)
* 蜜杏
* 蜜果
* 蜜果冰
* 蜜林檎
* 蜜柑 (mìgān)
* 蜜棗 / 蜜枣 (mìzǎo)
* 蜜橘
* 蜜橙糕 (mìchénggāo)
* 蜜殊
* 蜜母
* 蜜水 (mìshuǐ)
* 蜜汁 (mìzhī)
* 蜜滓
* 蜜源
* 蜜漿 / 蜜浆
* 蜜漬 / 蜜渍
* 蜜炬
* 蜜煎
* 蜜煎煎
* 蜜燭 / 蜜烛
* 蜜父
* 蜜獾 (mìhuān)
* 蜜璽 / 蜜玺
* 蜜瓜 (mìguā)
* 蜜甘
* 蜜甜
* 蜜的支
* 蜜筒
* 蜜筩 / 蜜筒
* 蜜糕
* 蜜糖 (mìtáng)
* 蜜罐兒 / 蜜罐儿 (mìguànr)
* 蜜翁翁
* 蜜脾
* 蜜腺
* 蜜色
* 蜜草
* 蜜荔枝
* 蜜藕
* 蜜蘇 / 蜜苏
* 蜜蜂 (mìfēng)
* 蜜蜂窩 / 蜜蜂窝
* 蜜蜜甜
* 蜜蝍
* 蜜蟲 / 蜜虫
* 蜜蟻 / 蜜蚁
* 蜜蠟 / 蜜蜡 (mìlà)
* 蜜裡藏刀 / 蜜里藏刀
* 蜜裡調油 / 蜜里调油
* 蜜語甜言 / 蜜语甜言
* 蜜課 / 蜜课
* 蜜豆冰
* 蜜酒
* 蜜醴
* 蜜雲龍 / 蜜云龙
* 蜜露
* 蜜章
* 蜜食
* 蜜餅 / 蜜饼
* 蜜餌 / 蜜饵 (mì'ěr)
* 蜜餞 / 蜜饯 (mìjiàn)
* 蜜香
* 蜜香樹 / 蜜香树
* 蜜香紙 / 蜜香纸
* 蜜麵 / 蜜面
* 蠟蜜 / 蜡蜜
* 課蜜 / 课蜜
* 護蜜 / 护蜜
* 酥蜜
* 釀蜜 / 酿蜜 (niàngmì)
* 飴蜜 / 饴蜜
* 餳蜜 / 饧蜜
* 鸞蜂蜜 / 鸾蜂蜜
* 麨蜜 / 𪎊蜜
* 黃花蜜菜 / 黄花蜜菜

### References

* ↑ Alexander Lubotsky (1998) “Tocharian Loan Words in Old Chinese: Chariots, Chariot Gear, and Town Building”, in The Bronze Age and Early Iron Age peoples of Eastern Central Asia, pages 379-390

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: みつ (mitsu, Jōyō)、みち (michi)
* Kan-on: びつ (bitsu)

#### Compounds

* 波(は)羅(ら)蜜(みつ) (haramitsu), 波(は)羅(ら)蜜(みっ)多(た) (haramitta, “perfection, completeness”, in Buddhism)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 蜜
* みつ Grade: S
* goon
/mitɨ/ → /mitʉ/ → /mit͡su/
From Middle Chinese 蜜 (MC mjit).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) みつ [míꜜtsù] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [mʲit͡sɨ]

#### Noun

蜜(みつ) • (mitsu)
* honey
* nectar
* molasses, treacle, syrup
    Synonym: 糖蜜 (tōmitsu)
* Short for 蜜砂糖 (mitsuzatō): brown sugar

##### Derived terms

* 蜜(みつ)砂(ざ)糖(とう) (mitsuzatō)
* 蜜吸(みつすい) (mitsusui)
* 蜜腺(みつせん) (mitsusen)
* 蜜蜂(みつばち) (mitsubachi)
* 蜜蝋(みつろう) (mitsurō)
* 餡蜜(あんみつ) (anmitsu)
* 黒蜜(くろみつ) (kuromitsu)
* 氷(こおり)蜜(みつ) (kōrimitsu, “finely ground rock candy cooked with egg white, mixed with cold water as a beverage”)
* 砂(さ)糖(とう)蜜(みつ) (satō mitsu, “sugar syrup”)
* 白蜜(しろみつ) (shiromitsu, “light-colored honey”)
* 石蜜(せきみつ) (sekimitsu, “crystallized honey; rock candy”)
* 酥(そ)蜜(みつ), 蘇(そ)蜜(みつ) (somitsu, “mixture of butter fat and honey, used medicinally or as a sweetener”)
* 蜂蜜(はちみつ) (hachimitsu)

#### Affix

蜜(みつ) • (mitsu)
* honey, nectar
* sweet
* Used in Sanskrit transliterations

##### Derived terms

* 蜜(ミ)柑(カン) (mikan)
* 蜜月(みつげつ) (mitsugetsu)
* 蜜(みつ)語(ご) (mitsugo)
* 花(か)蜜(みつ) (kamitsu)
* 水密桃(すいみつとう) (suimitsutō, “large kind of peach originally from China, with soft, sweet, juicy flesh”)
* 糖蜜(とうみつ) (tōmitsu)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 蜜
* みち Grade: S
* goon
/mitɨ/ → /mit͡ɕi/
Alternative reading of mitsu above.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) みち [míꜜchì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [mʲit͡ɕi]

#### Noun

蜜(みち) • (michi)
* (rare) Same as みつ (mitsu) above

##### Usage notes

Only used on its own. Not used in compounds.

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 蜜 (MC mjit). See the hangul entry at 밀 (mil, “beeswax”) for the etymology concerning the “beeswax” sense.
Historical Readings :
| Dongguk Jeongun Reading |||
| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | 미ᇙ〮 (Yale: mílq) | 미ᇙ〮 (Yale: mílq) |
| Middle Korean |||
| Text | Eumhun | Eumhun |
| Text | Gloss (hun) | Reading |
| Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | ᄭᅮᆯ〮 (Yale: skwúl) | 밀〮 (Yale: míl) |

### Pronunciation

* (honey):
** (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [miɭ]
** Phonetic hangul: [밀]
* (beeswax):
** (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [mi(ː)ɭ]
** Phonetic hangul: [밀(ː)]
*** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

### Hanja

Wikisource 蜜 (eumhun 꿀 밀 (kkul mil))
* hanja form of 밀 (“beeswax”) [noun]
* hanja form of 밀 (“honey”) [affix]

#### Compounds

* 구밀복검 (口蜜腹劍, gumilbokgeom)
* 당밀 (糖蜜, dangmil)
* 밀감 (蜜柑, milgam)
* 밀랍 (蜜蠟, millap)
* 밀봉 (蜜蜂, milbong)
* 밀월 (蜜月, mirwol)
* 밀주 (蜜酒, milju)
* 봉밀 (蜂蜜, bongmil)
* 화밀 (花蜜, hwamil)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Okinawan
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

### Readings

* On (unclassified): みち (michi)

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 蜜 (miɪt̚).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mit͡ɕi/

### Noun

蜜(みち) (michi)
* honey

## Vietnamese

* chữ Hán Nôm in this term
* 蜜

### Han character

蜜: Hán Nôm readings: mật

### Noun

蜜
* chữ Hán form of mật (“honey”).