Chinese
Etymology
The seeds are carried by bird droppings, hence the name.
Pronunciation
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zieo3 soeng2 / zieo3 syoeng2
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: zieo3 soeng2 [Phonetic: zieo2 loeng2]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: câ̤u-sé̤ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sieu⁴⁵³⁻¹³ (ɬ-)lœŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: zieo3 syoeng2 [Phonetic: zieo1 lyoeng2]
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sieu³³²⁻⁵⁵ (ɬ-)lyøŋ²⁴/
Noun
鳥榕
- (Puxian Min) small bonsai banyan tree; banyan tree spread by birds and growing in cracks in houses
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
榕樹 (“banyan”)
[map]
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
榕樹, 榕
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Taiwan
|
榕樹
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
黃桷樹
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
榕樹
|
| Hong Kong
|
榕樹
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
|
榕樹
|
| Macau
|
榕樹
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
榕樹
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
榕樹
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
榕樹
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
榕樹
|
| Foshan
|
榕樹
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
榕樹
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
榕樹
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
榕樹
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
榕樹
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
榕樹
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
榕樹
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
榕樹
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
榕樹
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
榕樹
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
榕樹
|
| Taishan
|
榕樹
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
榕樹
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
榕樹
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
榕樹
|
| Dongguan
|
榕樹
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
榕樹
|
| Hakka
|
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
榕樹
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
榕樹
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
榕樹
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
榕樹
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
榕樹
|
| Yudu
|
榕樹
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
榕樹
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
榕樹
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
榕樹
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
榕樹
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
榕樹
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
榕樹
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
榕, 榕樹
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
榕仔, 榕
|
| Quanzhou
|
榕, 榕樹
|
| Jinjiang
|
榕樹
|
| Zhangzhou
|
榕仔, 榕
|
| Taipei
|
榕
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
榕樹
|
| Kaohsiung
|
榕仔
|
| Yilan
|
榕仔
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
榕
|
| Taichung
|
榕仔
|
| Tainan
|
榕仔
|
| Hsinchu
|
榕樹
|
| Kinmen
|
樹影
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
榕仔樹
|
| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
榕樹
|
| Jieyang
|
榕樹
|
| Haikou
|
榕樹
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
榕樹, 鳥榕
|
| Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
|
榕樹
|
| Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
|
榕樹
|
| Xianyou
|
榕樹, 鳥榕
|
| Xianyou (Fengting)
|
榕樹
|
| Xianyou (Youyang)
|
榕樹
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
榕樹
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
榕樹, 龍根, 龍樹
|
References
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “鸟松”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 583.