丹桂

Chinese

		red; pellet; powder red; pellet; powder; cinnabar	Cinnamomum cassia; Guangxi Autonomous Region (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (丹桂)		丹	桂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dānguì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ ㄍㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ gwai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dānguì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ㄍㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: danguèi
    • Wade–Giles: tan¹-kuei⁴
    • Yale: dān-gwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danguey
    • Palladius: даньгуй (danʹguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan¹ gwai³
    • Yale: dāan gwai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹ gwai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan¹ guei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯³³/

Noun

丹桂

1. (botany) The golden osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
丹	桂
たん Grade: S	けい Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

丹(たん)桂(けい) or 丹桂(タンケイ) • (tankei) 

1. golden osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

See also

• 金木犀(きんもくせい) (kinmokusei): orange-blooming variety of the fragrant olive
• 銀木犀(ぎんもくせい) (ginmokusei): white-blooming variety of the fragrant olive
• 木犀(もくせい) (mokusei): the fragrant olive in general
• 桂花(けいか) (keika)