彼岸花

Chinese

		opposite bank; the other shore; the other side	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (彼岸花)		彼岸	花
simp. #(彼岸花)		彼岸	花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐ'ànhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐ'ànhuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐ-ànhua
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-an⁴-hua¹
    • Yale: bǐ-àn-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biiannhua
    • Palladius: бианьхуа (bianʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/

Noun

彼岸花

1. red spider lily (Lycoris radiata)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
彼	岸	花
ひ Grade: S	がん Grade: 3	はな > ばな Grade: 1
on’yomi		kun’yomi

彼岸花

Etymology

彼岸 (higan) +‎ 花 (hana, “flower”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひが​んばな [hìgáꜜǹbànà] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [çiɡã̠mba̠na̠]

Noun

彼(ひ)岸(がん)花(ばな) or 彼岸花(ヒガンバナ) • (higanbana) 

1. Lycoris radiata (red spider lily)

Synonyms

• 曼(マン)珠(ジュ)沙(シャ)華(ゲ) (manjushage), 死人花(しびとばな) (shibitobana), 地獄花(じごくばな) (jigokubana), 葬式花(そうしきばな) (sōshikibana), 墓花(はかばな) (hakabana), 幽霊花(ゆうれいばな) (yūreibana), 火事花(かじばな) (kajibana), 蛇花(へびのはな) (hebinohana), 剃刀花(かみそりばな) (kamisoribana), 狐花(きつねばな) (kitsunebana), 捨(す)て子花(ごばな) (sutegobana), 灯籠花(とうろうばな) (tōrōbana)