天竺牡丹

Chinese

		India; Tianzhu Area	tree peony; marlberry
trad. (天竺牡丹)		天竺	牡丹
simp. #(天竺牡丹)		天竺	牡丹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānzhú mǔdān

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄨˇ ㄉㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ zuk¹ maau⁵ daan¹ / tin¹ zuk¹ mau⁵ daan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānzhú mǔdān
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄨˇ ㄉㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianjhú mǔdan
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chu² mu³-tan¹
    • Yale: tyān-jú mǔ-dān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianjwu muudan
    • Palladius: тяньчжу мудань (tjanʹčžu mudanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ zuk¹ maau⁵ daan¹ / tin¹ zuk¹ mau⁵ daan¹
    • Yale: tīn jūk máauh dāan / tīn jūk máuh dāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ dzuk⁷ maau⁵ daan¹ / tin¹ dzuk⁷ mau⁵ daan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ zug¹ mao⁵ dan¹ / tin¹ zug¹ meo⁵ dan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ maːu̯¹³ taːn⁵⁵/, /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ mɐu̯¹³ taːn⁵⁵/

Noun

天竺牡丹

1. dahlia

Synonyms

• 大理花 (dàlǐhuā)
• 大麗花／大丽花 (dàlìhuā)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	竺	牡	丹
てん Grade: 1	じく Jinmeiyō	ぼ Jinmeiyō	たん Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

天竺(てんじく) (tenjiku, “India”) + 牡丹(ぼたん) (botan, “peony”)

Noun

天(てん)竺(じく)牡(ぼ)丹(たん) or 天竺牡丹(テンジクボタン) • (tenjikubotan) 

1. dahlia