秋海棠

Chinese

		autumn; fall; harvest time autumn; fall; harvest time; a swing	Chinese crabapple tree, cultivated as an ornamental tree in Chinese gardens
trad. (秋海棠)		秋	海棠
simp. #(秋海棠)		秋	海棠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiūhǎitáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡ ㄏㄞˇ ㄊㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau¹ hoi² tong⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiu-hái-tông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiūhǎitáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡ ㄏㄞˇ ㄊㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciouhǎitáng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu¹-hai³-tʻang²
    • Yale: chyōu-hǎi-táng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiouhaetarng
    • Palladius: цюхайтан (cjuxajtan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau¹ hoi² tong⁴
    • Yale: chāu hói tòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau¹ hoi² tong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo¹ hoi² tong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiu-hái-tông
    • Tâi-lô: tshiu-hái-tông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiu'hay'doong
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiu⁴⁴⁻³³ hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiu⁴⁴⁻³³ hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ²³/

Noun

秋海棠

1. hardy begonia (Begonia grandis)
2. (literary, figurative) map or territory of the Republic of China before Chinese Civil War

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