連翹

See also: 连翘

Chinese

		even; as; to join even; as; to join; to link; successively	outstanding; to raise
trad. (連翹)		連	翹
simp. (连翘)		连	翘

Etymology

From 連車／连车 (liánchē, “successive carriages”) and 翹車／翘车 (qiáochē, “the carriages that are used for treating men of virtue and abilities”) due to its elegant and successive blossoms.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liánqiáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁴ kiu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liân-khiâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liánqiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liánciáo
    • Wade–Giles: lien²-chʻiao²
    • Yale: lyán-chyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianchyau
    • Palladius: ляньцяо (ljanʹcjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lin⁴ kiu⁴
    • Yale: lìhn kìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁴ kiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lin⁴ kiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːn²¹ kʰiːu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân-khiâu
    • Tâi-lô: liân-khiâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lienqiaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn¹³⁻²² kʰiau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn²³⁻³³ kʰiau²³/

Noun

連翹

1. the fruit of weeping forsythia (Forsythia suspensa)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (連翹):

• → Japanese: 連翹(れんぎょう) (rengyō)
• → Korean: 연교(連翹) (yeon'gyo)
• → Vietnamese: liên kiều (連翹)

References

• 连翘 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh

Japanese

Kanji in this term
連	翹
れん Grade: 4	ぎょう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

連(れん)翹(ぎょう) or 連翹(レンギョウ) • (rengyō) 

1. weeping forsythia, Forsythia suspensa

   Synonym: 連翹空木 (rengyō-utsugi)

2. (traditional Chinese medicine) fruit of Forsythia suspensa
3. a 紋 (mon, “crest”) pattern of forsythia

Usage notes

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