蓼藍

Chinese

		luxuriant growth; polygonum; smartweed	blue; indigo plant; surname
trad. (蓼藍)		蓼	藍
simp. (蓼蓝)		蓼	蓝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎolán

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁵ laam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎolán
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎolán
    • Wade–Giles: liao³-lan²
    • Yale: lyǎu-lán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leaulan
    • Palladius: ляолань (ljaolanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ län³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁵ laam⁴
    • Yale: líuh làahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁵ laam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁵ lam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯¹³ laːm²¹/

Noun

蓼藍

1. Chinese indigo (Persicaria tinctoria)

Synonyms

• 藍／蓝 (lán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蓼	藍
たで Hyōgaiji	あい Grade: S
kun’yomi

Noun

蓼(たで)藍(あい) or 蓼藍(タデアイ) • (tadeai) 

1. Japanese indigo, Persicaria tinctoria

   Synonyms: 藍 (ai), 藍蓼 (aitade)

Usage notes

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