崗棯

Chinese

		mound; policeman's beat	jujube tree
trad. (崗棯)		崗	棯
simp. (岗棯)		岗	棯

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹ nim¹

---

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong¹ nim¹
    • Yale: gōng nīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹ nim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong¹ nim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵ niːm⁵⁵/

Noun

崗棯

1. (Cantonese) rose myrtle (Rhodomyrtus tomentosa)

   • 七月七，崗棯熟到甩 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
     七月七，岗棯熟到甩 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 廣州話俗語詞典（增訂版）, 2018, →ISBN, page 24

     cat¹ jyut⁶ cat¹, gong¹ nim¹ suk⁶ dou³ lat¹ [Jyutping]

     By the seventh of the seventh month, rose myrtle berries ripen and drop off.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 桃金娘 (“rose myrtle”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		桃金娘
Taxonomic name		桃金娘
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	桃金娘
Cantonese	Guangzhou	棯仔, 崗棯
	Hong Kong	崗棯
Hakka	Hong Kong	棯仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	多𬂌
	Fuqing	多𬂌
Southern Min	Xiamen	山多尼, 多尼
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	丁尼
	Zhangzhou	多尼

References

• 漢語多功能字庫 Multi-function Chinese Character Database