苦楝
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Chinese
bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful |
Melia japonica | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (苦楝) | 苦 | 楝 | |
| simp. #(苦楝) | 苦 | 楝 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): fu2 lin6
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khú-lien
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khó͘-lēng / khó͘-lěng
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kǔliàn
- Wade–Giles: kʻu3-lien4
- Yale: kǔ-lyàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuuliann
- Palladius: кулянь (kuljanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɛn⁵¹/
- Homophones:
苦楝
苦練／苦练
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: fu2 lin6
- Yale: fú lihn
- Cantonese Pinyin: fu2 lin6
- Guangdong Romanization: fu2 lin6
- Sinological IPA (key): /fuː³⁵ liːn²²/
- Homophones:
苦楝
苦練／苦练
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khú-lien
- Hakka Romanization System: kuˋ lien
- Hagfa Pinyim: ku3 lian4
- Sinological IPA: /kʰu³¹ li̯en⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
Noun
苦楝
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 楝 (“bead tree”)