天竺牡丹

天竺牡丹

Chinese

		India or Nepal	tree peony; Mudan
simp. and trad. (天竺牡丹)		天竺	牡丹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānzhú mǔdān

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄨˇ ㄉㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ zuk¹ maau⁵ daan¹, tin¹ zuk¹ mau⁵ daan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tiānzhú mǔdān
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄨˇ ㄉㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianjwu muudan
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ zuk¹ maau⁵ daan¹, tin¹ zuk¹ mau⁵ daan¹
    • Yale: tīn jūk máauh dāan, tīn jūk máuh dāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ dzuk⁷ maau⁵ daan¹, tin¹ dzuk⁷ mau⁵ daan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ zug¹ mao⁵ dan¹, tin¹ zug¹ meo⁵ dan¹
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ mäːu̯¹³ täːn⁵⁵/, /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ mɐu̯¹³ täːn⁵⁵/

Noun

天竺牡丹

1. dahlia

Synonyms

• 大理花 (dàlǐhuā)
• 大麗花／大丽花 (dàlìhuā)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	竺	牡	丹
てん Grade: 1	じく Jinmeiyō	ぼ Jinmeiyō	たん Grade: S

Etymology

天竺 (tenjiku, “India”) +‎ 牡丹 (botan, “peony”)

Noun

天竺牡丹 (hiragana てんじくぼたん, katakana テンジクボタン, rōmaji tenjikubotan)

1. dahlia