丹桂

丹桂

Chinese

		red; pellet; powder red; pellet; powder; cinnabar	Cinnamonum cassia; Guangxi Autonomous Region (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (丹桂)		丹	桂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dānguì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ ㄍㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ gwai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dānguì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ㄍㄨㄟˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danguey
    • IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan¹ gwai³
    • Yale: dāan gwai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹ gwai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan¹ guei³
    • IPA ^(key): /täːn⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯³³/

Noun

丹桂

1. (botany) The golden osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
丹	桂
たん Grade: S	けい Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

丹桂 (hiragana たんけい, rōmaji tankei)

1. (botany) The golden osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans)

Synonyms

• 金木犀 (きんもくせい) (kinmokusei): orange-blooming variety of the fragrant olive
• 銀木犀 (ぎんもくせい) (ginmokusei): white-blooming variety of the fragrant olive
• 木犀 (もくせい) (mokusei): the fragrant olive in general
• 桂 (けい)花 (か) (keika)

See also

• 丹桂 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Osmanthus fragrans on Wikipedia.Wikipedia