了哥王

Chinese

			king; Wang (proper name)
simp. and trad. (了哥王)		了哥	王

Etymology

Uncertain; probably from 了哥 (liǎogē, “myna”) + 王 (wáng), as this plant is poisonous to the bird.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎogēwáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄜ ㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu^5-1 go¹ wong⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liáu-ko-ông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎogēwáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄜ ㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎogewáng
    • Wade–Giles: liao³-ko¹-wang²
    • Yale: lyǎu-gē-wáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leaugewang
    • Palladius: ляогэван (ljaogɛvan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤ⁵⁵ wɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu^5-1 go¹ wong⁴
    • Yale: līu gō wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu^5-1 go¹ wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu^5-1 go¹ wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯¹³⁻⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu-ko-ông
    • Tâi-lô: liáu-ko-ông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaw'koi'oong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁴⁴⁻²² ɔŋ²⁴/

Noun

了哥王

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) Indian stringbush (Wikstroemia indica)

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 山埔崙／山埔仑