刺桐

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Chinese

		thorn; sting; prick thorn; sting; prick; pierce; stab; thrust; assassinate; murder	tung tree
simp. and trad. (刺桐)		刺	桐

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刺桐 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
刺桐 (Cantonese)
chhì-tông (Southern Min)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cìtóng

(Zhuyin): ㄘˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci³ tung⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhì-tông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cìtóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄘˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cìhtóng
  - Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴-tʻung²
  - Yale: tsz̀-túng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyhtorng
  - Palladius: цытун (cytun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci³ tung⁴
  - Yale: chi tùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³ tung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi³ tung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³ tʰʊŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-tông
  - Tâi-lô: tshì-tông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chie'doong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ tɔŋ²³/

Noun

刺桐

Indian coral tree

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 莿桐 (cìtóng)

Derived terms

刺桐城 (Cìtóngchéng)

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