風信子

Chinese

		wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (風信子)		風	信	子
simp. (风信子)		风	信	子

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēngxìnzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ seon³ zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hong-sìn-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēngxìnzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fongsìnzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-hsin⁴-tzŭ³
    • Yale: fēng-syìn-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengshinntzyy
    • Palladius: фэнсиньцзы (fɛnsinʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕin⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung¹ seon³ zi²
    • Yale: fūng seun jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ soen³ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ sên³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ sɵn³³ t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-sìn-chú
    • Tâi-lô: hong-sìn-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongsienzuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sin²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ sin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡su⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sin²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sin¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴¹/

Noun

風信子

1. hyacinth

Japanese

Kanji in this term
風	信	子
ひやしんす
Grade: 2	Grade: 4	Grade: 1
jukujikun

Noun

風信子(ひやしんす) or 風信子(ヒヤシンス) • (hiyashinsu) 

1. hyacinth

Usage notes

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