連翹

See also: 连翘

Chinese

		even; as; to join even; as; to join; to link; successively	outstanding; to raise
trad. (連翹)		連	翹
simp. (连翘)		连	翘

Etymology

From a clipping of 連車 (lián chē, successive carriages) and 翹車 (qiáo chē, the carriages that are used for treating men of virtue and abilities) due to its elegant and successive blossoms.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liánqiáo

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁴ kiu⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liân-khiâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liánqiáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liánciáo
  - Wade–Giles: lien²-chʻiao²
  - Yale: lyán-chyáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianchyau
  - Palladius: ляньцяо (ljanʹcjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lin⁴ kiu⁴
  - Yale: lìhn kìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁴ kiu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lin⁴ kiu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːn²¹ kʰiːu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân-khiâu
  - Tâi-lô: liân-khiâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lienqiaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰiau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰiau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn¹³⁻²² kʰiau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰiau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn²³⁻³³ kʰiau²³/

Noun

連翹

the fruit of weeping forsythia (Forsythia suspensa)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (連翹):

→ Japanese: 連翹(れんぎょう) (rengyō)
→ Korean: 연교(連翹) (yeon'gyo)
→ Vietnamese: liên kiều (連翹)

References

连翘 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh

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