玫瑰
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玫瑰
Chinese
| a kind of fine stone | (semi-precious stone); extraordinary | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (玫瑰) | 玫 | 瑰 | |
| simp. #(玫瑰) | 玫 | 瑰 | |
Etymology
Appears to refer to a kind of (red) jade originally, as suggested by the semantic parts of the individual characters and the explanations in Shuowen.
Cognate with 梅槐 (“a tree similar to 薔薇”). Other potential cognates include 茅蒐 (máosōu, “a red plant dye; madder”) and 韎韐／韎𱂆 (“red madder-dyed knee covers”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): mui4 gwai3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mòi-kui
- Jin (Wiktionary): mei1 gui3
- Eastern Min (BUC): muòi-gói
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6me-kue
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ˙ㄍㄨㄟ
- Tongyong Pinyin: méigue̊i
- Wade–Giles: mei2-kuei5
- Yale: méi-gwei
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei.guei
- Palladius: мэйгуй (mɛjguj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /meɪ̯³⁵ g̊u̯eɪ̯³/
- (Standard Chinese, colloquial)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄟ
- Tongyong Pinyin: méiguei
- Wade–Giles: mei2-kuei1
- Yale: méi-gwēi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meiguei
- Palladius: мэйгуй (mɛjguj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /meɪ̯³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, non-standard variant)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: méiguèi
- Wade–Giles: mei2-kuei4
- Yale: méi-gwèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meiguey
- Palladius: мэйгуй (mɛjguj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /meɪ̯³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mui4 gwai3
- Yale: mùih gwai
- Cantonese Pinyin: mui4 gwai3
- Guangdong Romanization: mui4 guei3
- Sinological IPA (key): /muːi̯²¹ kʷɐi̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mòi-kui
- Hakka Romanization System: moiˇ gui
- Hagfa Pinyim: moi2 gui4
- Sinological IPA: /moi̯¹¹ ku̯i⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: mei1 gui3
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /mei¹¹ kuei⁴⁵/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: muòi-gói
- Sinological IPA (key): /mui⁵³⁻²¹ (k-)ui²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôe-kùi
- Tâi-lô: buê-kuì
- Phofsit Daibuun: boe'kuix
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue¹³⁻²² kui²¹/
- (Hokkien: Tainan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môe-kùi
- Tâi-lô: muê-kuì
- Phofsit Daibuun: moe'kuix
- IPA (Tainan): /muẽ²⁴⁻³³ kui²¹/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: bhung5 gui3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bûng kùi
- Sinological IPA (key): /buŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kui²¹³/
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: mwoj hwoj|kwoj
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*mɯːl kuːl|ɡuːl/
Noun
玫瑰
- (botany) rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa)
- hybrid roses for ornamantal and edible uses
- (～花) rose (flower) (Classifier: 朵 m)
- (～色) rose colour
- (literary, historical) a kind of beautiful jade
Synonyms
- (flower): 刺客 (cìkè)