酵

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酵

  • jiào,xiào Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄐㄧㄠˋ,ㄒㄧㄠˋ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • haau¹ Cantonese, Jyutping
  • gaau³ Cantonese, Jyutping
  • haau³ Cantonese, Jyutping
  • kau Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • gau⁴ Hakka, 梅縣, 客家話拼音
  • háu Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • kàu Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • kàⁿ Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • hàu Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • gan³ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • ⁵ciau Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
  • ⁵shiau Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
  • ⁵kau Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
  • jiào Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Mainland China
  • ㄐㄧㄠˋ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Mainland China
  • chiao⁴ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Mainland China
  • jyàu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Mainland China
  • jiaw Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Mainland China
  • цзяо Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Mainland China
  • /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Mainland China
  • xiào Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄒㄧㄠˋ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • siào Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • hsiao⁴ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • syàu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • shiaw Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • сяо Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic

Where it comes from

同聲符字 (孝) (鄭張尚芳 (2003))

形聲漢字(上古 *kruːs):意符 酉 + 聲符 孝 (上古 *qʰruːs) – 發酵容器,用於釀造酒精飲料。孝字是“年輕”+“年老”的組合,因此帶有“(在容器裡)變老 → 發酵”的含義。

部分方言中,酵 (jiào)的讀音同孝,可能是讀半邊所致。

釋義

  1. 酵素
  2. 發酵
  3. 廈門話和漳州話 發酵的生麵

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {酵},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E9%85%B5},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}