相思樹

Chinese

		to yearn for; to pine for; to miss each other to yearn for; to pine for; to miss each other; lovesickness	tree
trad. (相思樹)		相思	樹
simp. (相思树)		相思	树

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngsīshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄙ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ si¹ syu⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siông-sṳ̂-su
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siuⁿ-si-chhiū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngsīshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄙ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangsihshù
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-ssŭ¹-shu⁴
    • Yale: syāng-sz̄-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangsyshuh
    • Palladius: сянсышу (sjansyšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ si¹ syu⁶
    • Yale: sēung sī syuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ si¹ sy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ xi¹ xu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ syː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siông-sṳ̂-su
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiong^ˊ sii^ˊ su
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiong¹ si¹ su⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ²⁴⁻¹¹ su⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Magong, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siuⁿ-si-chhiū
    • Tâi-lô: siunn-si-tshiū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sviusichiu
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siũ⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu³³/

Noun

相思樹

1. acacia, especially the Taiwan acacia (Acacia confusa)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 相思樹 (“Taiwan acacia”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		相思樹
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	相思樹
Cantonese	Hong Kong	臺灣相思
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	香絲樹, 相思樹
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	香絲樹, 相思樹
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	香絲樹, 相思樹
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	香絲樹, 相思樹
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	香絲樹, 相思樹
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	相思樹
Southern Min	Taipei	相思仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	相思仔
	Kaohsiung	相思仔
	Yilan	相思仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	相思欉
	Taichung	相思仔
	Tainan	相思仔
	Hsinchu	相思仔
	Kinmen	相思
	Penghu (Magong)	相思樹
Puxian Min	Putian	海松柏, 番囝松柏