蠟梅

See also: 蜡梅

Chinese

		candle; wax	plum flower
trad. (蠟梅)		蠟	梅
simp. (蜡梅)		蜡	梅
alternative forms		臘梅／腊梅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): làméi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˋ ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laap⁶ mui⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): la̍h-mûi
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸laq-me₆

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: làméi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˋ ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: làméi
    • Wade–Giles: la⁴-mei²
    • Yale: là-méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lahmei
    • Palladius: ламэй (lamɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä⁵¹ meɪ̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laap⁶ mui⁴
    • Yale: laahp mùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laap⁹ mui⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lab⁶ mui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːp̚² muːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍h-mûi
    • Tâi-lô: la̍h-muî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laqmuii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /la(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ muĩ²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸laq-me₆
    • MiniDict: lah^入 me^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵laq-me₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /laʔ¹¹ me²³/

Noun

蠟梅

1. wintersweet (shrub or flower)

Synonyms

• (flower): 蠟梅花／蜡梅花 (làméihuā)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蠟	梅
ろう Jinmeiyō	ばい Grade: 4
on'yomi	kan'on

For pronunciation and definitions of 蠟梅 – see the following entry.

【蝋梅ろうばい】 [noun] wintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox) Alternative spellings 臘梅, ロウバイ

(This term, 蠟梅, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)