芳菲

Chinese

		fragrant	rich; luxurious; phenanthrene (chemical) rich; luxurious; phenanthrene (chemical); Philippines (abbrev.)
trad. (芳菲)		芳	菲
simp. #(芳菲)		芳	菲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fāngfēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤ ㄈㄟ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fāngfēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤ ㄈㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fangfei
    • Wade–Giles: fang¹-fei¹
    • Yale: fāng-fēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fangfei
    • Palladius: фанфэй (fanfɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: phjang phj+j

Rime
Character	芳	菲
Reading #	1/1	1/3
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	敷方切	芳非切
Baxter	phjang	phj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰʉɐŋ/	/pʰʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰʷiɐŋ/	/pʰʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiuɑŋ/	/pʰiuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰuaŋ/	/pʰuj/
Li Rong	/pʰiuaŋ/	/pʰiuəi/
Wang Li	/pʰĭwaŋ/	/pʰĭwəi/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰiwaŋ/	/pʰwe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fāng	fēi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fong1	fei1

Adjective

芳菲

1. fragrant; fresh-smelling

Noun

芳菲

1. fragrance of flowers
2. flowers and plants

Japanese

Kanji in this term
芳	菲
ほう Grade: S	ひ Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

芳(ほう)菲(ひ) • (hōhi) ^{←はうひ (faufi)?}

1. the fragrant scent of flowers
   • c. 1013: 和漢朗詠集 (poem #1, page 47)

     逐吹潛開 不待芳菲之候 迎春乍變 將希雨露之恩

References

• Kawaguchi, Hisao with Nobuyoshi Shida (1965) Wakan Rōeishū, Ryōjin Hishō, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
芳	菲

Adjective

芳菲

1. chữ Hán form of phương phi (“stout; portly; corpulent”).