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莓: berry; strawberry

By July 3, 2015Language-Learning

 

莓 méi


: berry; strawberry
: moss

Kun Reading

莓 OR 苺 | いちご ichigo

noun
: (wild) strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)

On Reading

バイ bai

マイ mai

 Usage:

山莓 shan1mei2 OR 木莓 mu4mei2: raspberry
OR
木莓 mu4 mei2: raspberry
[きいちご kiichigo: raspberry (any plant of genus Rubus, esp. Rubus palmatus var. coptophyllus)]
樹[树]莓 shu4mei2: bramble; raspberry
草莓 cao3mei2: strawberry; (Taiwan) hickey; love bite
[草苺 | くさいちご kusaichigo: Rubus hirsutus (species of raspberry)]
藍[蓝]莓 lan2mei2: blueberry
 Etymology:


形声 Pictophonetic.
艹 (cao3: grass radical 140) suggests the meaning while
(mei3: each; every) provides the sound.



Historical variant / Semantic:
苺 mei2



 Examples:
苺は大好きです!
いちごはだいすきです ichigo wa daisuki desu
I like strawberries very much!

我喜歡吃草莓蛋糕。
wo3 xi3huan1 chi1 cao3mei2 dan4gao1
I like strawberry shortcakes.

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary