油桐

Chinese

		oil; sly	tung tree
simp. and trad. (油桐)		油	桐
anagram		桐油

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yóutóng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ tung⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yù-thùng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iû-tâng / iû-tông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yóutóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yóutóng
  - Wade–Giles: yu²-tʻung²
  - Yale: yóu-túng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youtorng
  - Palladius: ютун (jutun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁴ tung⁴
  - Yale: yàuh tùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ tung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ tung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yù-thùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: iu^ˇ tung^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yiu² tung²
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯u¹¹ tʰuŋ¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yù-thùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu^ˇ tung^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yiu² tung²
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u¹¹ tʰuŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-tâng
  - Tâi-lô: iû-tâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iu'daang
  - IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ taŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ taŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-tông
  - Tâi-lô: iû-tông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iu'doong
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ tɔŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔŋ²⁴/

Noun

油桐

tung tree (Vernicia fordii)

Derived terms

山油桐
廣東油桐 / 广东油桐
油桐樹 / 油桐树
油桐花 (yóutónghuā)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
油	桐
あぶら Grade: 3	きり > ぎり Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Noun

油(あぶら)桐(ぎり) or 油桐(アブラギリ) • (aburagiri)

tung tree, Vernicia cordata
Synonym: 山桐 (yamagiri)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).