合歡

Chinese

		to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together	joyous; happy; pleased
trad. (合歡)		合	歡
simp. (合欢)		合	欢
alternative forms		合驩／合欢 合懽／合欢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): héhuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hap⁶ fun¹
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hah⁷ huang¹ / hah⁷ huong¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ha̍p-hoan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héhuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héhuan
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-huan¹
    • Yale: hé-hwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herhuan
    • Palladius: хэхуань (xɛxuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ xu̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hap⁶ fun¹
    • Yale: hahp fūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹ fun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heb⁶ fun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚² fuːn⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hah⁷ huang¹ [Phonetic: hah⁶ huang¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haʔ⁴⁻¹ huaŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hah⁷ huong¹ [Phonetic: hah⁶ huong¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haʔ²⁴⁻² huoŋ⁵³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha̍p-hoan
    • Tâi-lô: ha̍p-huan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: habhoafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hap̚⁴⁻³² huan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hap̚²⁴⁻² huan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ huan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hap̚⁴⁻³² huan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hap̚⁴⁻³² huan⁴⁴/

Verb

合歡

1. to get together and celebrate; to have a get-together
2. (specifically) to have sexual intercourse; to make love

Derived terms

• 合歡宴 / 合欢宴
• 合歡席 / 合欢席
• 合歡帶 / 合欢带
• 合歡帽 / 合欢帽
• 合歡床 / 合欢床
• 合歡扇 / 合欢扇
• 合歡杖 / 合欢杖
• 合歡杯 / 合欢杯
• 合歡樑 / 合欢梁
• 合歡殿 / 合欢殿
• 合歡竹 / 合欢竹
• 合歡結 / 合欢结
• 合歡草 / 合欢草
• 合歡蓮 / 合欢莲
• 合歡被 / 合欢被
• 合歡褲 / 合欢裤
• 合歡襦 / 合欢襦
• 合歡酒 / 合欢酒
• 合歡鈴 / 合欢铃
• 合歡鞋 / 合欢鞋

Noun

合歡

1. pink silk tree; Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)
2. a kind of decorative design representing harmony and joy

Synonyms

• (pink silk tree): (Hokkien) 相思仔

Derived terms

• 大葉合歡 / 大叶合欢
• 金合歡 / 金合欢 (jīnhéhuān)

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), “合欢”, 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 256.