金魚草
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金魚草 (kingyosō): A snapdragon flowering.
See also: 金鱼草
Chinese
| goldfish | grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (金魚草) | 金魚 | 草 | |
| simp. (金鱼草) | 金鱼 | 草 | |
| anagram | 草金魚／草金鱼 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gam1 jyu4-2 cou2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kim-hî-chháu / kim-hû-chháu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄩˊ ㄘㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jinyúcǎo
- Wade–Giles: chin1-yü2-tsʻao3
- Yale: jīn-yú-tsǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinyutsao
- Palladius: цзиньюйцао (czinʹjujcao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ y³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gam1 jyu4-2 cou2
- Yale: gām yú chóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: gam1 jy4-2 tsou2
- Guangdong Romanization: gem1 yu4-2 cou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɐm⁵⁵ jyː²¹⁻³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-hî-chháu
- Tâi-lô: kim-hî-tsháu
- Phofsit Daibuun: kimhizhao
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ hi²³⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-hû-chháu
- Tâi-lô: kim-hû-tsháu
- Phofsit Daibuun: kimhuzhao
- IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ hu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰau⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Noun
金魚草
Synonyms
Japanese
Etymology
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 金 | 魚 | 草 |
| きん Grade: 1 |
ぎょ Grade: 2 |
そう Grade: 1 |
| kan'on | on'yomi | |
From 金魚 (kingyo, “goldfish”) + 草 (sō, “grass”),[1] supposedly from the fact that the flowers in its spike are shaped like goldfish.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
Usage notes
- As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as キンギョソウ.
References
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ^ “キンギョソウ／金魚草／きんぎょそう”, in 語源由来辞典 (Gogen Yurai Jiten, “Etymology Derivation Dictionary”) (in Japanese), 2003–2024.
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN