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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
夜來香
- tuberose, Polianthes tuberosa
那南風吹來清涼 那夜鶯啼聲輕唱 月下的花兒都入夢 只有那夜來香 吐露著芬芳 [MSC, trad.]
那南风吹来清凉 那夜莺啼声轻唱 月下的花儿都入梦 只有那夜来香 吐露著芬芳 [MSC, simp.]- From: “Tuberose” (1944), lyrics and music by Li Jinguang, sung by Li Hsiang-lan
- nà nánfēng chuī lái qīngliáng, nà yèyīng tí shēng qīng chàng, yuèxià de huā'ér dōu rùmèng, zhǐyǒu nà yèláixiāng, tǔlù zhe fēnfāng
- The south wind is cool and refreshing the nightingale cries its soft song.
Under the moonlight, all the flowers are sleeping; except for this tuberose, showing off its sweet fragrance.
- soft song”) is sometimes substituted with 悽愴／凄怆 (qīchuàng, “sadly”).]
- night-blooming cestrum, Cestrum nocturnum
- Tonkin jasmine, Telosma cordata
- (Cantonese, dated) night soil
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Descendants
- Japanese: 夜来香 (ieraishan)
Japanese
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Korean
Noun
夜來香 • (yaraehyang) (hangeul 야래향)
- hanja form? of 야래향