雛菊

See also: 雏菊

Chinese

		chick; young bird	chrysanthemum
trad. (雛菊)		雛	菊
simp. (雏菊)		雏	菊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chújú

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˊ ㄐㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ guk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chújú
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˊ ㄐㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chújyú
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu²-chü²
    • Yale: chú-jyú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwujyu
    • Palladius: чуцзюй (čuczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵ t͡ɕy³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co¹ guk¹
    • Yale: chō gūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ guk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: co¹ gug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ kʊk̚⁵/

Noun

雛菊

1. daisy (Bellis perennis)
2. (Taiwan, figurative) underage female prostitute

Synonyms

• 延命菊 (yánmìngjú)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雛	菊
ひな Jinmeiyō	きく > ぎく Grade: S
yutōyomi

雛菊 (hinagiku): Bellis perennis, the common European daisy.

Etymology

Compound of 雛 (hina, “mini”) +‎ 菊 (kiku, “chrysanthemum”). The kiku changes to giku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First recorded in a botanical work from 1884.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひなぎく [hìnáꜜgìkù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [çina̠ɡʲikɯ̟]

Noun

雛(ひな)菊(ぎく) or 雛菊(ヒナギク) • (hinagiku) 

1. [from 1884] a daisy: a wild flowering plant with a yellow head and white petals, family Asteraceae, species Bellis perennis

   Synonyms: 延命菊 (enmeigiku, literally “long-life chrysanthemum”), デージー (dējī)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ヒナギク.

Proper noun

雛(ひな)菊(ぎく) • (Hinagiku) 

1. a female given name