茴香

Chinese

		fennel	fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
trad. (茴香)		茴	香
simp. #(茴香)		茴	香

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huíxiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wui⁴ hoeng¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): voi³ hiang¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fì-hiông

  (Meixian, Guangdong): fi² hiong¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): huòi-hiŏng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hôe-hiong / hôe-hioⁿ / hôe-hiuⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huê⁵ hiên¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶we-shian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huíxiāng → huíxiang (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄤ → ㄏㄨㄟˊ ˙ㄒㄧㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huéisiång
    • Wade–Giles: hui²-hsiang⁵
    • Yale: hwéi-syang
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwei.shiang
    • Palladius: хуэйсян (xuejsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/ → /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ³/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁴ hoeng¹
    • Yale: wùih hēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ hoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ hêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ hœːŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: voi³ hiang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vᵘɔi²² hiaŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fì-hiông
    • Hakka Romanization System: fiˇ hiong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fi² hiong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fi¹¹ hi̯oŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fi² hiong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fi¹¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: huòi-hiŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(h-)yoŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-hiong
    • Tâi-lô: huê-hiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'hiofng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hue²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue²³⁻³³ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-hioⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: huê-hionn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'hvioy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue¹³⁻²² hiɔ̃⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-hiuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: huê-hiunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'hviw
    • IPA (Taipei): /hue²⁴⁻¹¹ hiũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue²³⁻³³ hiũ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huê⁵ hiên¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huê hieⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hĩẽ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶we-shian
    • MiniDict: we^去 shian
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhue-xian
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦue²² ɕiã⁴⁴/

Noun

茴香

1. fennel
2. Short for 八角茴香 (bājiǎo huíxiāng, “star anise; aniseed”).

Synonyms

• (fennel): 蘹香 (huáixiāng)
• (star anise):

Dialectal synonyms of 八角茴香 (“star anise”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		八角茴香, 大茴香
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	八角兒, 八角, 大料
	Harbin	大料
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	大料, 大茴香, 八角, 茴香
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	八角, 大料
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	大茴香, 八角兒
	Wanrong	調和個子, 大料, 大茴香
	Xi'an	大料
	Xining	八角, 大香
	Xuzhou	大料, 大茴香, 圓茴
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	大料, 大香, 八角
	Lanzhou	大香
	Ürümqi	大香
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	八角
	Wuhan	八角, 茴香
	Guiyang	八角
	Liuzhou	八角
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	八角
	Yangzhou	八角
Cantonese	Guangzhou	八角
	Hong Kong	八角
	Dongguan	八角
Gan	Nanchang	八角茴
	Lichuan	八角
	Pingxiang	八角, 角香
Hakka	Meixian	大茴, 八角
	Yudu	八角
Huizhou	Jixi	大茴, 八角
Jin	Taiyuan	大料
	Xinzhou	大料, 大茴
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	八角
	Fuqing	八角香
Southern Min	Xiamen	八角
	Quanzhou	八角
	Zhangzhou	八角, 八角香
	Haikou	八角
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	八角
Wu	Shanghai	茴香
	Shanghai (Chongming)	茴香
	Suzhou	八角茴香
	Danyang	八角, 五香八角
	Hangzhou	茴香
	Ningbo	茴香
	Wenzhou	茴香
	Jinhua	茴香
Xiang	Changsha	八角茴
	Loudi	大茴香

Derived terms

• 八角茴香 (bājiǎo huíxiāng)
• 大茴香 (dàhuíxiāng)
• 小茴香 (xiǎohuíxiāng)
• 茴香油
• 茴香籽
• 茴香菜
• 茴香豆 (huíxiāngdòu)
• 茴香酒 (“anisette”)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (茴香):

• → Japanese: 茴香(ういきょう) (uikyō)
• → Korean: 회향(茴香) (hoehyang)

Others:

• → Guiqiong: χoχiɐŋ (“star anise”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
茴	香
うい Hyōgaiji	きょう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 茴香 (MC hwoj xjang).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ういきょー [ùíkyóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝikʲo̞ː]

Noun

茴(うい)香(きょう) or 茴香(ウイキョウ) • (uikyō) ^{←ういきやう (uikyau)?}

1. fennel

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• フェンネル (fenneru)