菡萏
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Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (菡萏) | 菡 | 萏 | |
| simp. #(菡萏) | 菡 | 萏 | |
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ ㄉㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hàndàn
- Wade–Giles: han4-tan4
- Yale: hàn-dàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hanndann
- Palladius: ханьдань (xanʹdanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xän⁵¹⁻⁵³ tän⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: haam5 daam6
- Yale: háahm daahm
- Cantonese Pinyin: haam5 daam6
- Guangdong Romanization: ham5 dam6
- Sinological IPA (key): /haːm¹³ taːm²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: homX domX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡuːmʔ l'oːmʔ/
Noun
菡萏
- (literary) lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), especially one that has not blossomed
- 彼澤之陂，有蒲菡萏。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Bǐ zé zhī bēi, yǒu pú hàndàn.
- By the shores of that marsh,
There are rushes and lotus flowers.
彼泽之陂，有蒲菡萏。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]