彼岸花

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Chinese

		opposite bank; the other shore; the other side	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (彼岸花)		彼岸	花
simp. ^#(彼岸花)		彼岸	花

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǐ'ànhuā

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǐ'ànhuā
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǐ-ànhua
  - Wade–Giles: pi³-an⁴-hua¹
  - Yale: bǐ-àn-hwā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biiannhua
  - Palladius: бианьхуа (bianʹxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/

Noun

彼岸花

red spider lily (Lycoris radiata)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
彼	岸	花
ひ Grade: S	がん Grade: 3	はな > ばな Grade: 1
on'yomi		kun'yomi

彼岸花

ヒガンバナ on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

彼岸 (higan) +‎ 花 (hana, “flower”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひがんばな (Nakadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

彼(ひ)岸(がん)花(ばな) or 彼岸花(ヒガンバナ) • (higanbana)

Lycoris radiata (red spider lily)

Synonyms

曼(マン)珠(ジュ)沙(シャ)華(ゲ) (manjushage), 死人花(しびとばな) (shibitobana), 地獄花(じごくばな) (jigokubana), 葬式花(そうしきばな) (sōshikibana), 墓花(はかばな) (hakabana), 幽霊花(ゆうれいばな) (yūreibana), 火事花(かじばな) (kajibana), 蛇花(へびのはな) (hebinohana), 剃刀花(かみそりばな) (kamisoribana), 狐花(きつねばな) (kitsunebana), 捨(す)て子花(ごばな) (sutegobana), 灯籠花(とうろうばな) (tōrōbana)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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