芙蓉

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (芙蓉)		芙	蓉
simp. #(芙蓉)		芙	蓉
alternative forms		夫容

lotus

cotton rose

Etymology

Possibly derived from a word meaning “to blossom”; compare 敷榮／敷荣 (fūróng, “to blossom”) (Zhang and Shen, 2014).

"Seremban"

Phono-semantic matching of Malay Sungai Ujong via Cantonese.

Pronunciation 1

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 芙蓉

1. lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)

   • 製芰荷以為衣兮，集芙蓉以為裳。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     制芰荷以为衣兮，集芙蓉以为裳。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Zhì jìhé yǐwéi yī xī, jí fúróng yǐwéi shāng. [Pinyin]

     I fashioned the flowers of the water-caltrops to adorn my upper garment; I collected those of the lotus for my lower one.

2. cotton rose (Hibiscus mutabilis)

Synonyms

• (lotus):

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• 水芝 (shuǐzhī) (literary)
• 水芙蓉 (shuǐfúróng)
• 芙蕖 (fúqú) (literary)
• 荷花 (héhuā)
• 菡萏 (hàndàn) (literary)
• 蓮／莲
• 蓮花／莲花 (liánhuā)
• 藕花 (ǒuhuā)

 

• (cotton rose):

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• 拒霜 (jùshuāng) (literary)
• 木芙蓉 (mùfúróng)
• 芙蓉花 (fúrónghuā)

 

Descendants

• → English: foo yung, foo young

Proper noun

芙蓉

1. (～區) Furong (a district of Changsha, Hunan, China)
2. (～市) Seremban, Fu Yong (a city, the state capital of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fúróng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄖㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁴ jung⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Phû-chhiûⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Fúróng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄖㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Fúróng
    • Wade–Giles: Fu²-jung²
    • Yale: Fú-rúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fwurong
    • Palladius: Фужун (Fužun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ ʐʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu⁴ jung⁴
    • Yale: fùh yùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁴ jung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu⁴ yung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²¹ jʊŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Phû-chhiûⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Phû-tshiûnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phuchviuu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /pʰu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiũ²⁴/

Proper noun

芙蓉

1. Alternative name for 梅山 (Méishān, “Meishan Town, Nan'an, Fujian”).

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
芙	蓉
ふ Jinmeiyō	よう Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 芙蓉 (MC bju yowng).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふよー [fùyóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟jo̞ː]

Noun

芙(ふ)蓉(よう) or 芙蓉(フヨウ) • (fuyō) ^{←ふよう (fuyou)?}

1. hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis)

Usage notes

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

Related terms

• 芙蓉蟹(フーヨーハイ) (fūyōhai)