金銀花

See also: 金银花

Chinese

		gold and silver	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (金銀花)		金銀	花
simp. (金银花)		金银	花

金銀花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnyínhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄧㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ ngan⁴ faa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kim-gûn-hoe / kim-gîn-hoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnyínhuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄧㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinyínhua
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-yin²-hua¹
    • Yale: jīn-yín-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinynhua
    • Palladius: цзиньиньхуа (czinʹinʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ in³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ ngan⁴ faa¹
    • Yale: gām ngàhn fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ ngan⁴ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ ngen⁴ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ ŋɐn²¹ faː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-gûn-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: kim-gûn-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimgunhoef
    • IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡun²⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-gîn-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: kim-gîn-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimginhoef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡin²³⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/

Noun

金銀花

1. Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) (Classifier: 朵 m c; 蕊 mn)
   • 2006, “愛情藥單”, 武雄 (lyrics), 詹雅雯 and 李富興 (music)‎^[1]performed by 詹雅雯:

     一蕊金銀花　二兩左手香 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     一蕊金银花　二两左手香 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     chi̍t lúi kim-gîn-hoe, nn̄g niú tò-chhiú-phang [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     One honeysuckle, two taels of Mexican mint

Synonyms

• 忍冬 (rěndōng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (金銀花):

• → Japanese: 金(きん)銀(ぎん)花(か) (kinginka)
• → Korean: 금은화(金銀花) (geumeunhwa)

Japanese

金銀花 (kinginka): the Japanese honeysuckle.

Kanji in this term
金	銀	花
きん Grade: 1	ぎん Grade: 3	か Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

Probably from Middle Chinese. Literally “gold silver flower”. Compare modern Mandarin 金銀花／金银花 (jīnyínhuā).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きんぎ​んか [kìńgíꜜǹkà] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [kʲĩŋʲɡʲĩŋka̠]

Noun

金(きん)銀(ぎん)花(か) • (kinginka) 

1. (rare) the Japanese honeysuckle plant, Lonicera japonica.
2. the flower of the Japanese honeysuckle

Usage notes

More commonly called スイカズラ (​suikazura) in Japanese.

Synonyms

• 忍冬 (スイカズラ, ​suikazura; にんどう, ​nindō)
• 吸い葛 (すいかずら, ​suikazura)