風信子

Chinese

		wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (風信子)		風	信	子
simp. (风信子)		风	信	子

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēngxìnzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄥㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ seon³ zi²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hong-sìn-chú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēngxìnzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄥㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fongsìnzǐh
  - Wade–Giles: fêng¹-hsin⁴-tzŭ³
  - Yale: fēng-syìn-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengshinntzyy
  - Palladius: фэнсиньцзы (fɛnsinʹczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕin⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fung¹ seon³ zi²
  - Yale: fūng seun jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ soen³ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ sên³ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ sɵn³³ t͡siː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-sìn-chú
  - Tâi-lô: hong-sìn-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hongsienzuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sin²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ sin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡su⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sin²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sin¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴¹/

Noun

風信子

hyacinth

Japanese

Kanji in this term
風	信	子
ひやしんす
Grade: 2	Grade: 4	Grade: 1
jukujikun

Noun

風信子(ひやしんす) or 風信子(ヒヤシンス) • (hiyashinsu)

hyacinth

Usage notes

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