Chinese

Noun

烏梅

1. smoked ume (used in traditional Chinese medicine)

Compounds

• 烏梅酒／乌梅酒
• (Min Nan) 烏梅仔酒／乌梅仔酒

Japanese

Etymology

From Sinitic 烏梅.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA^(key): /u.ba.i/, [ɯᵝbäi]

Noun

烏梅 ‎(hiragana うばい, romaji ubai)

1. (medicine) an unripe Japanese ume that has been smoked over a fire until black, used as a pigment and in traditional medicines to treat inflammation of the throat

Synonyms

• 燻梅 (ふすべうめ) ‎(fusubeume)
• 梅干 (うめぼ)し ‎(umeboshi), 梅干 (うめぼし) ‎(umeboshi) (used less commonly for this sense)