白木耳

Chinese

	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	wood ear; tree ear; black fungus, especially Auricularia heimuer
trad. (白木耳)	白	木耳
simp. ^#(白木耳)	白	木耳
alternative forms	白木米 Hakka 白木栮 Eastern Min

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báimù'ěr

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄦˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ muk⁶ ji⁵
Gan (Wiktionary): pah⁷ muh eo³
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): pag⁶ mug⁵ mi³
Jin (Wiktionary): bai¹ meh^4-3 er²
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ba⁷ borh⁷ zi³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-bo̍k-ní / pe̍h-bo̍k-lí / pe̍eh-bo̍k-jí / pe̍eh-bo̍k-ní / pe̍h-bo̍k-jí
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁸baq-moq₈-gher₆ / ⁸baq-moq₈-er₁

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báimù'ěr
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄦˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báimù-ěr
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-mu⁴-êrh³
  - Yale: bái-mù-ěr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairmuheel
  - Palladius: баймуэр (bajmuer)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ mu⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ muk⁶ ji⁵
  - Yale: baahk muhk yíh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ muk⁹ ji⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ mug⁶ yi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² mʊk̚² jiː¹³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: pah⁷ muh eo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaʔ² muʔ¹ ɵ²¹³/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: pag⁶ mug⁵ mi³
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰak̚⁵ mʊk̚¹ mi³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: bai¹ meh^4-3 er²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /pai¹¹ məʔ²⁻⁴⁵ əɻ⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ba⁷ borh⁷ zi³ [Phonetic: ba⁵ borh⁶ zi³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ba̍h-bo̤̍h-cî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa¹³⁻¹¹ pɒʔ⁴⁻²¹ t͡si⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ba⁷ borh⁷ zi³ [Phonetic: ba⁵ borh⁶ zi³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa²⁴⁻²¹ pɒʔ⁴⁻² t͡si³³²/
- (Jiangkou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ba⁷ borh⁷ zi³ [Phonetic: ba⁵ orh⁶ zi³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ^(p-)ɒʔ⁴⁻²¹ t͡si⁴⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-bo̍k-ní
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍h-bo̍k-ní
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peqbognie
  - IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² nĩ⁵³/
  - IPA (Philippines): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² bɔk̚²⁴⁻² ni⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² nĩ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² nĩ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-bo̍k-lí
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍h-bo̍k-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peqboglie
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² bɔk̚²⁴⁻² li⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-bo̍k-jí
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-bo̍k-jí
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zi⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-bo̍k-ní
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-bo̍k-ní
  - IPA (Penang): /pɛ(ʔ)⁴⁻³ bɔk̚⁴⁻³ ni⁴⁴⁵/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-bo̍k-jí
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍h-bo̍k-jí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peqbogjie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² zi⁴¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸baq-moq₈-gher₆
  - MiniDict: bah^入 moh^入 r^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵baq-moq₅-hher₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /baʔ¹¹ moʔ²² ɦəl²³/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁸baq-moq₈-er₁
  - MiniDict: bah^入 moh^入 'r^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /bɑʔ³³ moʔ⁴⁴ əl/

Noun

白木耳

snow fungus (Tremella fuciformis)
(slang) virginal woman

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 銀耳 (“snow fungus”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		銀耳, 白木耳
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	銀耳
	Taiwan	白木耳, 銀耳
	Chengde	銀耳
	Chifeng	銀耳
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	銀耳
	Heihe	銀耳, 白木耳
	Qiqihar	銀耳, 白木耳, 白耳子
	Harbin	白木耳, 銀耳
	Jiamusi	銀耳
	Baicheng	銀耳
	Changchun	白蘑耳
	Tonghua	白蘑耳
	Shenyang	銀耳, 白木耳
	Jinzhou	銀耳
	Singapore	白木耳
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	銀耳
	Tangshan	銀耳
	Cangzhou	銀耳
	Baoding	銀耳
	Shijiazhuang	銀耳
	Lijin	銀耳
	Jinan	銀耳
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	銀耳
	Dandong	銀耳
	Yantai	銀耳
	Yantai (Muping)	銀耳
	Qingdao	銀耳
	Zhucheng	銀耳
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	銀耳
	Lingbao	銀耳
	Jining	銀耳
	Wanrong	白木耳, 銀耳
	Linfen	銀耳
	Shangqiu	銀耳
	Yuanyang	銀耳
	Zhengzhou	銀耳
	Xinyang	白木耳
	Baihe	銀耳
	Xi'an	銀耳, 白木耳
	Baoji	銀耳, 白木耳
	Tianshui	銀耳
	Xining	銀耳, 白木耳
	Xuzhou	銀耳, 白木耳
	Fuyang	銀耳
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	銀耳
	Lanzhou	銀耳
	Dunhuang	銀耳
	Hami	銀耳
	Ürümqi	銀耳, 白木耳
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	白木耳, 銀耳
	Nanchong	銀耳
	Dazhou	銀耳
	Hanyuan	銀耳
	Xichang	銀耳
	Zigong	銀耳
	Chongqing	銀耳
	Wuhan	銀耳, 白木耳, 白耳子
	Yichang	白耳子
	Xiangyang	銀耳, 白木耳
	Tianmen	銀耳, 白木耳
	Guiyang	銀耳, 白木耳
	Zunyi	銀耳, 白木耳
	Bijie	銀耳
	Liping	銀耳
	Zhaotong	銀耳
	Dali	白木耳
	Kunming	銀耳
	Mengzi	銀耳
	Guilin	白木耳, 銀耳
	Liuzhou	白木耳, 銀耳
	Jishou	銀耳
	Changde	白木耳
	Hanzhong	銀耳
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	銀耳, 白木耳
	Yangzhou	銀耳, 白木耳
	Lianyungang	銀耳
	Lianshui	銀耳
	Nantong	白木耳
	Anqing	銀耳
	Wuhu	銀耳
	Hefei	銀耳
	Hong'an	銀耳, 白耳子, 白木耳
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雪耳
	Hong Kong	雪耳
	Kaiping (Chikan)	雪耳
	Dongguan	雪耳
	Nanning	銀耳
	Wuzhou	銀耳
	Yulin	銀耳
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	銀耳, 雲耳
Gan	Nanchang	白木耳
	Lichuan	白雲耳
	Pingxiang	白木耳
Hakka	Meixian	白木耳
	Yudu	白木耳
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	白木耳
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	白木耳
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	白木耳
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	白木耳
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	白木耳
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	白木耳
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	銀耳
Huizhou	Jixi	白木耳
Huizhou	Shexian	銀耳, 白木耳
Jin	Taiyuan	白木耳, 銀耳
	Yangyuan	銀耳
	Datong	銀耳
	Xinzhou	銀耳
	Lüliang (Lishi)	銀耳
	Changzhi	銀耳
	Linhe	銀耳
	Jining	銀耳
	Hohhot	銀耳
	Erenhot	銀耳
	Pingshan	銀耳
	Zhangjiakou	銀耳, 白木耳
	Handan	銀耳
	Linzhou	白木耳
	Suide	銀耳
Northern Min	Jian'ou	白木耳
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	白木耳
Eastern Min	Fuqing	白木耳
Southern Min	Xiamen	白木耳
	Quanzhou	白木耳
	Zhangzhou	白木耳
	Penang (Hokkien)	白木耳
	Manila (Hokkien)	白木耳
	Shantou	白目耳
	Haikou	白木耳
Puxian Min	Putian	白木耳
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	白木耳
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	白木耳
	Xianyou	白木耳
	Xianyou (Fengting)	白木耳
	Xianyou (Youyang)	白木耳
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	銀耳, 雲耳
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	銀耳
Wu	Shanghai	白雲耳, 白木耳, 雲耳
	Shanghai (Chongming)	白木耳
	Suzhou	白木耳
	Danyang	銀耳, 白木耳
	Hangzhou	白木耳
	Ningbo	白木耳
	Wenzhou	白木耳
	Jinhua	白木耳
Xiang	Changsha	銀耳
	Loudi	白木耳
	Quanzhou	銀耳

Antonyms

黑木耳 (hēimù'ěr)

References

李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “1392 白木耳”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 428.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	木	耳
しろ Grade: 1	きくらげ
しろ Grade: 1	Grade: 1	Grade: 1
kun'yomi	irregular

Etymology

Compound of 白(しろ) (shiro, “white”) + 木耳(きくらげ) (kikurage, “wood ear, Judas-ear fungus”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɕiɾo̞kʲikɯ̟ɾa̠ɡe̞]

Noun

白(しろ)木耳(きくらげ) or 白木耳(シロキクラゲ) • (shirokikurage)

a type of fungi belonging to the Tremellaceae family; Tremella fuciformis, snow fungus.

Usage notes

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