瓊仔樹

Chinese

		Chinese tallow	tree
trad. (瓊仔樹)		瓊仔	樹
simp. (琼仔树)		琼仔	树
alternative forms		㮓仔樹／㮓仔树

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khêng-á-chhiū / khēng-á-chhiū

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khêng-á-chhiū
    • Tâi-lô: khîng-á-tshiū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qeng'afchiu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khēng-á-chhiū
    • Tâi-lô: khīng-á-tshiū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qeng'afchiu
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɪŋ³³ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪŋ³³ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu³³/

Noun

瓊仔樹

1. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 烏桕 (“Chinese tallow”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		烏桕
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	烏桕
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	烏桕, 烏桕樹
Gan	Lichuan	烏桕子樹
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蠟仔樹
Southern Min	Xiamen	瓊仔樹, 瓊仔
	Quanzhou	瓊仔樹, 瓊仔
	Zhangzhou	瓊仔
Wu	Suzhou	烏桕
Xiang	Changsha	油子樹, 木油子樹
	Loudi	油子樹