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Chinese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
牽牛花
- Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
牽牛花 (“morning glory (
Ipomoea nil)”)
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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牽牛花
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| Taxonomic name
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牽牛
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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牽牛花兒, 喇叭花兒, 勤娘子
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| Taiwan
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喇叭花, 牽牛花
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| Harbin
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喇叭花兒, 爬山虎兒
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| Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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喇叭花
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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大碗子花兒
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| Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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喇叭花兒
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| Wanrong
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牽牛龍, 喇叭花
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| Xi'an
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牽牛花
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| Xining
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牽牛子
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| Xuzhou
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牽牛花兒, 牽牛花, 喇叭花兒, 喇叭花
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| Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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喇叭花
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| Lanzhou
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牽牛花, 喇叭花
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| Ürümqi
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牽牛花兒
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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喇叭花, 牽牛花
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| Wuhan
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喇叭花
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| Guiyang
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牽牛花
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| Kunming
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喇叭花
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| Liuzhou
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喇叭花, 牽牛花
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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喇叭花
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| Yangzhou
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喇叭花
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| Nantong
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喇叭花
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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喇叭花, 哬哚花
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| Hong Kong
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牽牛花, 喇叭花
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| Dongguan
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喇叭花
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| Gan
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Nanchang
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喇叭花
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| Lichuan
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牽牛花
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| Pingxiang
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喇叭花
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| Hakka
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Meixian
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牽牛花, 喇叭花
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| Yudu
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牽牛花
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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牽牛花
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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牽牛花
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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牽牛花
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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碗花, 牽牛花
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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牽牛花
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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牽牛花
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| Huizhou
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Jixi
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喇叭花
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| Jin
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Taiyuan
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牽牛花, 喇叭花
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| Xinzhou
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牽牛牛花兒, 牽牛牛
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| Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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喇叭花
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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鼓吹花
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| Quanzhou
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咹咹花
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| Zhangzhou
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鼓吹花
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| Taipei
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鼓吹花
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| Kaohsiung
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鼓吹花
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| Yilan
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鼓吹花
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| Changhua (Lukang)
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鼓吹仔花
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| Taichung
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鼓吹花
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| Taichung (Wuqi)
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牽牛花
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| Tainan
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喇叭花, 鼓吹花
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| Taitung
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鼓吹花
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| Hsinchu
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鼓吹花
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| Penghu (Magong)
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鼓吹花
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| Penang (Hokkien)
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喇叭花
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| Shantou
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喇叭花
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| Shantou (Chaoyang)
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番囝藤
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| Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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哬哚花
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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喇叭花
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| Shanghai (Chongming)
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牽牛花, 喇叭花
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| Suzhou
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喇叭花
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| Danyang
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牽牛花, 喇叭花
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| Hangzhou
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喇叭花
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| Ningbo
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喇叭花
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| Wenzhou
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牽牛花, 喇叭花
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| Jinhua
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牽牛花, 喇叭花
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| Xiang
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Changsha
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牽牛花, 喇叭花
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| Loudi
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喇叭花
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Descendants
Japanese
Etymology 1
Borrowing from Chinese 牽牛花 / 牵牛花 (qiānniúhuā), compare Mandarin 牽牛花 / 牵牛花 (qiānniúhuā).
Pronunciation
Noun
牽牛花 • (kengyūka) ←けんぎうくわ (kengiukwa)?
- synonym of 朝顔 (asagao): Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil)
Etymology 2
Possibly influenced by 牽牛子 (kengoshi, “Japanese morning glory seeds”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced? Particularly: “けんこか”)
Pronunciation
Noun
牽牛花 • (kengoka) ←けんごくわ (kengokwa)?
- synonym of 朝顔 (asagao): Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil)
References