# 檸檬
## Chinese
### 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.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): níngméng
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄥˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ning$^4$ mung$^{4-1}$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): nen$^3$ muung$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lê-móng
* Jin (Wiktionary): ning$^1$ meng$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): nìng-mùng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-bông / lê-bóng / lêng-mông / lî-móng / lê--mong
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lêng$^5$ mong$^5$ / lêng$^5$ mou$^5$ / lam$^5$ mong$^2$ / nam$^5$ mong$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$gnin-mon$_6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: níngméng
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: níngméng
*** Wade–Giles: ning$^2$-mêng$^2$
*** Yale: níng-méng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ningmeng
*** Palladius: нинмэн (ninmɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /niŋ³⁵ mɤŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ning$^4$ mung$^{4-1}$
*** Yale: nìhng mūng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ning$^4$ mung$^{4-1}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ning$^4$ mung$^{4-1}$
*** Sinological IPA : /nɪŋ²¹ mʊŋ²¹⁻⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: nen$^3$ muung$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ⁿden²² ᵐbɵŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lê-móng
*** Hakka Romanization System: le$^ˊ$ mong$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: le$^1$ mong$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /le²⁴ moŋ³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ning$^1$ meng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /niŋ¹¹ məŋ¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: nìng-mùng
*** Sinological IPA : /nˡiŋ⁵³⁻³³ muŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Singapore, dated in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-bông
*** Tâi-lô: lîng-bông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lengboong
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² bɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² bɔŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Singapore): /leŋ²⁴⁻²¹ bɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ bɔŋ²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔŋ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Kinmen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lê-bóng
*** Tâi-lô: lê-bóng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: le'borng
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /le²³⁻³³ bɔŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /le²⁴⁻¹² bɔŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /le²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔŋ⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-mông
*** Tâi-lô: lîng-mông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lengmoong
*** IPA (Singapore): /leŋ²⁴⁻²¹ mɔŋ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-móng
*** Tâi-lô: lî-móng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: limorng
*** IPA (Penang): /li²³⁻²¹ mɔŋ⁴⁴⁵/
** (Hokkien: Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lê--mong
*** Tâi-lô: lê--mong
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: lêng$^5$ mong$^5$ / lêng$^5$ mou$^5$ / lam$^5$ mong$^2$ / nam$^5$ mong$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng mông / lêng môu / lâm móng / nâm móng
*** Sinological IPA : /leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ moŋ⁵⁵/, /leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mou⁵⁵/, /lam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ moŋ⁵²/, /nam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ moŋ⁵²/
* lêng5 mong5/lêng5 mou5 - literary;
* lam5 mong2/nam5 mong2 - vernacular.

### Noun

檸檬
* lemon (fruit, tree)

#### Synonyms

* (obsolete) 黎檬子 (líméngzǐ), 黎朦子, 宜母子 (yímǔzǐ), 里木 (lǐmù)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 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 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 檸檬 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 檸檬 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 檸檬 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 檸檬 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 檸檬 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 檸檬 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 檸檬 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 檸檬 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 檸檬 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 檸檬 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 檸檬 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 檸檬 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 檸檬 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 檸檬 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 檸檬 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 檸檬 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 檸檬 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 檸檬 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 檸檬 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 檸檬 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 檸檬 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 檸檬 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 檸檬 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 檸檬 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 檸檬 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 檸檬 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 檸檬 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 檸檬 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 檸檬 |
| Southern Min | 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
* (～埠) (dated) Puerto Limón (a city, the capital city of Limón, Costa Rica)

#### Synonyms

* 利蒙

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 檸 | 檬 |
| れ Hyōgai | もん Hyōgai |
| jukujikun ||

### 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.) :