杏花村

Chinese

		apricot blossom	village
trad. (杏花村)		杏花	村
simp. #(杏花村)		杏花	村

Etymology

From Du Fu's poem Qingming Festival:

清明時節雨紛紛，路上行人欲斷魂。借問酒家何處有，牧童遙指杏花村。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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清明时节雨纷纷，路上行人欲断魂。借问酒家何处有，牧童遥指杏花村。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Tang dynasty, Du Fu, Qingming Festival

Qīngmíng shíjié yǔ fēnfēn, lùshàng xíngrén yù duànhún. Jièwèn jiǔjiā héchù yǒu, mùtóng yáozhǐ xìnghuācūn. [Pinyin]

On day of Qingming Festival, a drizzly rain falls.
On the road, the traveller, disconsolate.
Enquiring, where can an inn be found?
A cowherd boy points, far away, to Apricot Blossom Village.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìnghuācūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄘㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁶ faa¹ cyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìnghuācūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄘㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìnghuacun
    • Wade–Giles: hsing⁴-hua¹-tsʻun¹
    • Yale: syìng-hwā-tswūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinqhuatsuen
    • Palladius: синхуацунь (sinxuacunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang⁶ faa¹ cyun¹
    • Yale: hahng fā chyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁶ faa¹ tsyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng⁶ fa¹ qun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²² faː⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: haengX xwae tshwon

Rime
Character	杏	花	村
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	曉 (32)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)	麻 (99)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	II	I
Fanqie	何梗切	呼瓜切	此尊切
Baxter	haengX	xwae	tshwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠæŋX/	/hˠua/	/t͡sʰuən/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚaŋX/	/hʷᵚa/	/t͡sʰuon/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣaŋX/	/xua/	/t͡sʰuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaɨjŋX/	/hwaɨ/	/t͡sʰwən/
Li Rong	/ɣɐŋX/	/xua/	/t͡sʰuən/
Wang Li	/ɣɐŋX/	/xwa/	/t͡sʰuən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɐŋX/	/xwa/	/t͡sʰuən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hèng	huā	cūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hang6	faa1	cyun1

Noun

杏花村

1. (literally) village of apricot blossom
2. (literary, figurative) liquor vendor

Proper noun

杏花村

1. (historical) Xinghuacun, an ancient placename near modern-day Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China
2. (～鎮) Xinghuacun (a town in Fenyang, Shanxi, China)
3. Heng Fa Chuen (a private housing estate in Hong Kong)

   alt. forms: 杏花邨 (xìnghuācūn)