# 芭蕉
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): bājiāo
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄠ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): баҗё (baži͡o, I-I) / баҗё (baži͡o, I-II)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baa$^1$ ziu$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): 'ba$^1$ jieu$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pâ-chêu
* Eastern Min (BUC): bă-ciĕu
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pa-chio / pa-chiau
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$pa-ciau; $^1$po-ciau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bājiāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bajiao
*** Wade–Giles: pa$^1$-chiao$^1$
*** Yale: bā-jyāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bajiau
*** Palladius: бацзяо (baczjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /pä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: баҗё (baži͡o, I-I) / баҗё (baži͡o, I-II)
*** Sinological IPA : /pa²⁴ t͡ɕiɔː²⁴/, /pa²⁴ t͡ɕiɔː⁵¹/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baa$^1$ ziu$^1$
*** Yale: bā jīu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baa$^1$ dziu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ba$^1$ jiu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /paː⁵⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: 'ba$^1$ jieu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ˈpa⁴² t͡ɕiɛu⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pâ-chêu
*** Hakka Romanization System: ba$^ˊ$ zeu$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ba$^1$ zeu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /pa²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡seu̯²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: bă-ciĕu
*** Sinological IPA : /pa⁵⁵ $^{(t͡s-)}$ʒieu⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pa-chio
*** Tâi-lô: pa-tsio
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pacioy
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɤ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sio⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sio⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pa-chiau
*** Tâi-lô: pa-tsiau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: paciaw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siau⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$pa-ciau; $^1$po-ciau
*** MiniDict: pa$^平$ ciau; po$^平$ ciau
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$pa-jiau; $^1$po-jiau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pa⁵⁵ t͡ɕiɔ²¹/, /po⁵⁵ t͡ɕiɔ²¹/
* Middle Chinese: pae tsjew
Rime :
| Character | 芭 | 蕉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (98) | 宵 (91) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | III |
| Fanqie | 伯加切 | 即消切 |
| Baxter | pae | tsjew |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pˠa/ | /t͡siᴇu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pᵚa/ | /t͡siɛu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pa/ | /t͡sjæu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /paɨ/ | /t͡siaw/ |
| Li Rong | /pa/ | /t͡siɛu/ |
| Wang Li | /pa/ | /t͡sĭɛu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pa/ | /t͡si̯ɛu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bā | jiāo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | baa$^1$ | ziu$^1$ |

### Noun

芭蕉
* Japanese banana (Musa basjoo) (Classifier: 隻／只 m c; 根 m; 條／条 m c)
* (～屬) Musa
* (～科) Musaceae
* (Luchuan Cantonese, Dungan, Eastern Min) banana
* (informal) plantain; banana

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 香蕉 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 香蕉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 香蕉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 香蕉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 香蕉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 香蕉 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 香蕉 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 香蕉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 香蕉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 香蕉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 香蕉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 香蕉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 香蕉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 香蕉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 香蕉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 香蕉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 香蕉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 香蕉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 香蕉 |
| Mandarin | Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle) | 芭蕉果 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 香蕉, 蕉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蕉, 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 牙蕉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 香蕉, 蕉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 香蕉, 牙蕉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 牙蕉 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 蕉, 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 香蕉, 蕉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 蕉仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 蕉, 香蕉, 香牙蕉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 香蕉, 蕉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 蕉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 蕉, 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 蕉, 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 蕉, 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 蕉果 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 蕉 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 蕉 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 香蕉, 蕉果 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 蕉果 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蕉, 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 牙蕉 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蕉子 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 香蕉, 蕉子, 粉蕉 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 蕉子, 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 香蕉, 弓蕉 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 弓蕉 |
| Cantonese | Ipoh (Guangfu) | 香蕉, 弓蕉 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 香牙蕉 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 香蕉 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 香蕉, 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 香蕉, 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 香蕉 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 蕉 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 香蕉 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 牙蕉, 蕉 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 香蕉 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 蕉哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 蕉 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Raoping (Xinfeng) | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Changting | 香蕉 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 牙蕉 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) | 牙蕉 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) | 牙蕉 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 香蕉 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 香蕉 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Zhongbao) | 香蕉 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Laiyuan) | 香蕉 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 牙蕉 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 牙蕉 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 蕉 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 弓蕉 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 香蕉 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 香蕉 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 香蕉 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 香蕉, 芭蕉果 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 芭蕉, 芭蕉果 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 芭蕉果 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 弓蕉, 牙蕉, 蕉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 牙蕉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 蕉 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 牙蕉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 牙蕉 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 牙蕉 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 牙蕉 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 牙蕉 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 金蕉, 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 金蕉, 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 弓蕉, 金蕉 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 蕉弓 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 蕉弓 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 蕉弓 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 香蕉 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 蕉 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 香蕉 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 牙蕉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 芭蕉 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 弓蕉 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 蕉祖 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 弓蕉 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 弓蕉 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 蕉祖 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 蕉祖 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 蕉祖 |
| Puxian Min | Fuding (Aoyao) | 番蕉 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 香蕉 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 香蕉 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 香蕉 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 香蕉 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 香蕉 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 蕉仔 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 香蕉 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 香蕉 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 香蕉 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 香蕉 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 蕉 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 香蕉 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 香蕉 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 香蕉 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 香蕉 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 香蕉 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 香蕉 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 香蕉 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 香蕉 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 香蕉 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 香蕉 |
| Wu | Danyang | 香蕉 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 香蕉 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 香蕉 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 香蕉 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 香蕉 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 香蕉 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 香蕉 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 香蕉 |

#### Derived terms

* 松尾芭蕉
* 芭蕉布
* 芭蕉扇 (bājiāoshàn)
* 芭蕉果
* 芭蕉洞 (bājiāodòng)
* 芭蕉科
* 芭蕉芋
* 蘭嶼芭蕉 / 兰屿芭蕉

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 芭(ば)蕉(しょう) (bashō)
* → Korean: 파초(芭蕉) (pacho)
* → Vietnamese: ba tiêu (芭蕉)

### Proper noun

芭蕉
* (～侗族鄉) Bajiao (a township in Enshi, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 芭 | 蕉 |
| ば Jinmeiyō | しょう Jinmeiyō |
| kan'yōon | on'yomi |

### Etymology

/baseu/ → /baɕeu/ → /baɕoː/
Possibly from Middle Chinese 芭蕉 (MC pae tsjew). (Can this etymology be sourced?)
Written as はせを (​pasewo → hasewo → haseo) in older texts.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ばしょー [bàshóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ba̠ɕo̞ː]

### Noun

芭(ば)蕉(しょう) or 芭蕉(バショウ) • (bashō)
* Japanese banana (Musa basjoo)
    Synonym: 庭見草 (niwamigusa)
* Short for 芭蕉梶木 (bashō kajiki): Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus)

#### Usage notes

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

#### Derived terms

* 芭(バ)蕉(ショウ)梶(カジ)木(キ), 芭(バ)蕉(ショウ)旗魚(カジキ) (bashō kajiki)
* 芭(ば)蕉(しょう)扇(せん) (bashōsen)
* 芭(ば)蕉(しょう)布(ふ) (bashōfu)
* 扇(オウギ)芭(バ)蕉(ショウ) (ōgi bashō)
* 姫(ヒメ)芭(バ)蕉(ショウ) (hime-bashō)
* 実(ミ)芭(バ)蕉(ショウ) (mibashō)
* 水(ミズ)芭(バ)蕉(ショウ) (mizubashō)
* 破(や)れ芭(ば)蕉(しょう) (yarebashō)

#### See also

* 極(ゴク)楽(ラク)鳥(チョウ)花(カ) (gokuraku chōka)
* ストレリチア (sutorerichia)
* 旅(たび)人(びと)の木(き) (tabibito no ki)
* バナナ (banana, “banana”)
* 美(ビ)人(ジン)蕉(ショウ) (bijinshō)
* マニラ麻(アサ) (Manira asa)

### Proper noun

芭(ば)蕉(しょう) • (Bashō)
* Short for 松尾芭蕉 (Matsuo Bashō): Edo-period haikai and haiku poet

#### Derived terms

* 芭(ば)蕉(しょう)庵(あん) (Bashō-an)
* 芭(ば)蕉(しょう)忌(き) (Bashō-ki)

### References

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