紫雲英

Chinese

		purple; violet; imperial purple; violet; imperial; palace	cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname	flower; hero; brave flower; hero; brave; outstanding; Britain (abbrev.); English
trad. (紫雲英)		紫	雲	英
simp. (紫云英)		紫	云	英

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐyúnyīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄩㄣˊ ㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² wan⁴ jing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐyúnyīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄩㄣˊ ㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhyúnying
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-yün²-ying¹
    • Yale: dž-yún-yīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyyuning
    • Palladius: цзыюньин (czyjunʹin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ yn³⁵ iŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² wan⁴ jing¹
    • Yale: jí wàhn yīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² wan⁴ jing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² wen⁴ ying¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ wɐn²¹ jɪŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

紫雲英

1. Chinese milk vetch, Astragalus sinicus

Synonyms

• (Northern Wu) 夏花郎, 荷花郎

Japanese

Kanji in this term
紫	雲	英
げんげ
Grade: S	Grade: 2	Grade: 4
jukujikun

Alternative spelling
翹揺

Noun

紫雲英(げんげ) or 紫雲英(ゲンゲ) • (genge) 

1. Chinese milk vetch, Astragalus sinicus

   Synonym: 蓮華 (renge)

Usage notes

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

References

• “〈紫雲英〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
紫	雲	英

Noun

紫雲英 • (jaunyeong) (hangeul 자운영)

1. hanja form^? of 자운영 (“Chinese milkvetch”)