酸漿

See also: 酸浆

Chinese

		sour; sore; ache sour; sore; ache; acid	starch paste; broth; serum starch paste; broth; serum; to starch
trad. (酸漿)		酸	漿
simp. (酸浆)		酸	浆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suānjiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄢ ㄐㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun¹ zoeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suānjiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄢ ㄐㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suanjiang
    • Wade–Giles: suan¹-chiang¹
    • Yale: swān-jyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suanjiang
    • Palladius: суаньцзян (suanʹczjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun¹ zoeng¹
    • Yale: syūn jēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn¹ dzoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun¹ zêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

酸漿

1. bladder cherry (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi)

Synonyms

• 菇蔫 (gūniān)
• 紅姑娘／红姑娘 (hónggūniang)

Japanese

酸漿 (hōzuki): the Chinese lantern plant, showing the fruit in its distinctive husk.

Kanji in this term
酸	漿
Grade: 5	Hyōgai
irregular

Alternative forms

• 鬼灯

Etymology

Probably originally a compound of 頬 (hō, “cheeks”) +‎ 付き (tsuki, “resembling, appearing like”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 付く tsuku “to stick → to become a certain state or quality”), from the way the husk vaguely resembles bulging red cheeks. The tsuki changes to zuki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

The 酸漿 kanji spelling is from the Chinese term. The 鬼灯 kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), literally meaning “demon's lantern”.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほおずき [hòózúkí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ːzɨkʲi]

Noun

酸漿(ほおずき) or 酸漿(ホオズキ) • (hōzuki) ^{←ほほづき (fofoduki) or ホホヅキ (fofoduki)?}

1. Physalis alkekengi

   Vernacular names include the Chinese lantern, Japanese lantern, bladder cherry, winter cherry, husk tomato, and the strawberry groundcherry.

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 ホオズキ.

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN