夜來香

See also: 夜来香

Chinese

	nightfall; evening	fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
trad. (夜來香)	夜來	香
simp. (夜来香)	夜来	香
Literally: “fragrance of [the] night”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yèláixiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁶ loi⁴ hoeng¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iā-lâi-hiong
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ya-le-shian

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yèláixiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yèláisiang
  - Wade–Giles: yeh⁴-lai²-hsiang¹
  - Yale: yè-lái-syāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehlaishiang
  - Palladius: елайсян (jelajsjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: je⁶ loi⁴ hoeng¹
  - Yale: yeh lòih hēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: je⁶ loi⁴ hoeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yé⁶ loi⁴ hêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː²² lɔːi̯²¹ hœːŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iā-lâi-hiong
  - Tâi-lô: iā-lâi-hiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iaxlai'hiofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ia²²⁻²¹ lai²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ia⁴¹⁻²² lai²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ia²²⁻²¹ lai¹³⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ia³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia³³⁻²¹ lai²³⁻³³ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ya-le-shian
  - MiniDict: ya^去 le shian
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhia-le-xian
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦia²² le⁵⁵ ɕiã²¹/

Noun

夜來香

tuberose, Polianthes tuberosa
- 1944, “夜來香 [yèláixiāng, Tuberose]”, 黎錦光 [Li Jinguang] (lyrics), 黎錦光 [Li Jinguang] (music), performed by 李香蘭 [Li Hsiang-lan]:
  
  我愛這夜色茫茫　也愛著夜鶯歌唱　更愛那花一般的夢　擁抱著夜來香　吻著夜來香 [MSC, trad.]
  我爱这夜色茫茫　也爱著夜莺歌唱　更爱那花一般的梦　拥抱著夜来香　吻著夜来香 [MSC, simp.]
  wǒ ài zhè yèsè mángmáng, yě ài zhe yèyīng gēchàng, gèng ài nà huā yībān de mèng, yōngbào zhe yèláixiāng, wěn zhe yèláixiāng [Pinyin]
  I love this panoramic night scene, so too that singing nightingale.
  But what I love the most are those flowers in my dream; embracing [and] kissing the tuberose.
night-blooming cestrum, Cestrum nocturnum
Tonkin jasmine, Telosma cordata
(Cantonese, dated) night soil

Synonyms

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(plant): 夜香木, (Min Nan) 月來香／月来香
(faeces): 夜香

Descendants

Japanese: 夜来香 (ieraishan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
夜	來	香
イエ Grade: 2	ライ Jinmeiyō	シャン Grade: 4
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 夜來香 – see the following entry.

【夜来香イエライシャン】

[noun] (informal) synonym of 月下香 (gekkakō): the tuberose, Polianthes tuberosa

(This term, 夜來香, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
夜	來	香

Noun

夜來香 • (yaraehyang) (hangeul 야래향)

hanja form^? of 야래향