相思仔

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Chinese

		to yearn for; to pine for; to miss each other to yearn for; to pine for; to miss each other; lovesickness	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (相思仔)		相思	仔

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siuⁿ-si-á / siu-si-á / sioⁿ-si-á

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Taichung, Hsinchu, Sanxia)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siuⁿ-si-á
  - Tâi-lô: siunn-si-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sviusi'ar
  - IPA (Taipei): /siũ⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siũ⁴⁴⁻²² si⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Kaohsiung, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-si-á
  - Tâi-lô: siu-si-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siusi'ar
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siu³³ si³³ a⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Yilan): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sioⁿ-si-á
  - Tâi-lô: sionn-si-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svioisi'ar
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² si⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
  - IPA (Tainan): /siɔ̃⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

Noun

相思仔

(Mainland China Hokkien) pink silk tree; Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)
(Taiwanese Hokkien) acacia, especially the Taiwan acacia (Acacia confusa)

Synonyms

(pink silk tree): 合歡／合欢 (héhuān)

Dialectal synonyms of 相思樹 (“Taiwan acacia”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		相思樹
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	相思樹
Cantonese	Hong Kong	臺灣相思
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	香絲樹, 相思樹
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	香絲樹, 相思樹
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	香絲樹, 相思樹
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	香絲樹, 相思樹
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	香絲樹, 相思樹
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	相思樹
Southern Min	Taipei	相思仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	相思仔
	Kaohsiung	相思仔
	Yilan	相思仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	相思欉
	Taichung	相思仔
	Tainan	相思仔
	Hsinchu	相思仔
	Kinmen	相思
	Penghu (Magong)	相思樹
Puxian Min	Putian	海松柏, 番囝松柏

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