百日紅

Chinese

		one hundred days; one hundredth day	red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular
trad. (百日紅)		百日	紅
simp. (百日红)		百日	红

Etymology

“crape myrtle”

So called for the flowers glowing pink around summer to autumn. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎirìhóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄖˋ ㄏㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ jat⁶ hung⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pah-ji̍t-âng / pah-li̍t-âng / pek-ji̍t-hông / pah-ji̍t-hông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎirìhóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄖˋ ㄏㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎirìhhóng
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-jih⁴-hung²
    • Yale: bǎi-r̀-húng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baeryhhorng
    • Palladius: байжихун (bajžixun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐ̩⁵¹ xʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ jat⁶ hung⁴
    • Yale: baak yaht hùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ jat⁹ hung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ yed⁶ hung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ jɐt̚² hʊŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pah-ji̍t-âng
    • Tâi-lô: pah-ji̍t-âng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pahjid'aang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ zit̚⁴⁻³² aŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pah-li̍t-âng
    • Tâi-lô: pah-li̍t-âng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pahlid'aang
    • IPA (Taipei): /pa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lit̚⁴⁻³² aŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pek-ji̍t-hông
    • Tâi-lô: pik-ji̍t-hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pekjidhoong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ zit̚⁴⁻³² hɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pah-ji̍t-hông
    • Tâi-lô: pah-ji̍t-hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pahjidhoong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ zit̚⁴⁻³² hɔŋ²³/

Noun

百日紅

1. Alternative name for 紫薇 (zǐwēi, “crape myrtle”).
2. Alternative name for 千日紅／千日红 (“Gomphrena globosa”).

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (百日紅):

• → Japanese: 百(ひゃく)日(じつ)紅(こう) (hyakujitsukō)
• → Korean: 백일홍(百日紅) (baegilhong)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
百	日	紅
さるすべり
Grade: 1	Grade: 1	Grade: 6
jukujikun

Alternative spelling
猿滑

百日紅 (sarusuberi, hyakujitsukō): crape myrtle flowers in Ryōhō-ji Temple in Hachiōji, Tokyo

Originally a compound of 猿 (saru, “monkey”) +‎ 滑り (suberi, “sliding, slipping”), from the smooth and slippery texture of the bark.

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 百日紅／百日红 (bǎirìhóng).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さるす​べり [sàrúsúꜜbèrì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝsɨᵝbe̞ɾʲi]

Noun

百日紅(さるすべり) or 百日紅(サルスベリ) • (sarusuberi) 

1. the crape myrtle, Lagerstroemia indica

   Synonym: 猿滑 (sarunameri)

   Hypernym: 禊萩 (misohagi)

2. Synonym of 姫沙羅 (hime-shara): a species of camellia, Stewartia monadelpha
3. (rare) Synonym of 夏椿 (natsutsubaki): the Japanese stewartia, Stewartia pseudocamellia
4. (rare) Synonym of 捩木 (nejiki): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
5. (rare) Synonym of 山香ばし (yamakōbashi): a species of spicebush, Lindera glauca
6. (rare) Synonym of 令法 (ryōbu): a species of clethra, Clethra barbinervis

Derived terms

• 縞(シマ)猿滑(サルスベリ) (shima sarusuberi)

See also

• 猿辷(さるすべ)り (sarusuberi): endgame move in go

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
百	日	紅
ひゃく Grade: 1	じつ Grade: 1	こう Grade: 6
goon	kan’on

The on'yomi pronunciation of the compound borrowed from Chinese 百日紅／百日红 (bǎirìhóng).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひゃくじつ​こー [hyàkújítsúꜜkòò] (Nakadaka – [4])
• (Tokyo) ひゃくじ​つこー [hyàkújíꜜtsùkòò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ça̠kɯ̟ᵝʑit͡sɨᵝko̞ː]

Noun

百(ひゃく)日(じつ)紅(こう) or 百日紅(ヒャクジツコウ) • (hyakujitsukō) 

1. the crape myrtle, Lagerstroemia indica