蒲葵

蒲葵

Chinese

		calamus	sunflower
trad. (蒲葵)		蒲	葵
simp. #(蒲葵)		蒲	葵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): púkuí

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ ㄎㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁴ kwai⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pù-khùi
• Min Nan (POJ): pô͘-kûi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: púkuí
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ ㄎㄨㄟˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwukwei
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰu³⁵ kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pou⁴ kwai⁴
    • Yale: pòuh kwàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁴ kwai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pou⁴ kuei⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯²¹ kʷʰɐi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pù-khùi
    • Hakka Romanization System: buˇ kuiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bu² kui²
    • IPA: /pu¹¹ kʰu̯i¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pô͘-kûi
    • Tâi-lô: pôo-kuî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: po'kuii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ²⁴⁻²² kui²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ²⁴⁻²² kui²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ¹³⁻²² kui¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ kui²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ²³⁻³³ kui²³/

Noun

蒲葵

1. Livistona chinensis, fountain palm or Chinese fan palm

Derived terms

扇葉蒲葵／扇叶蒲葵

蒲葵扇

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
蒲	葵
ほ Jinmeiyō	き Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

蒲葵 (hiragana びろう, rōmaji birō, alternative reading ほき, rōmaji hoki, alternative reading あじまさ, rōmaji ajimasa)

1. Livistona chinensis, fountain palm or Chinese fan palm