天門冬

See also: 天门冬

Chinese

		gate to the Heavenly Palace	winter
trad. (天門冬)		天門	冬
simp. (天门冬)		天门	冬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānméndōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄇㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ mun⁴ dung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-bûn-tong / thian-bûn-tang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānméndōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄇㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianméndong
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-mên²-tung¹
    • Yale: tyān-mén-dūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianmendong
    • Palladius: тяньмэньдун (tjanʹmɛnʹdun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ mən³⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ mun⁴ dung¹
    • Yale: tīn mùhn dūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ mun⁴ dung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ mun⁴ dung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ muːn²¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-bûn-tong
    • Tâi-lô: thian-bûn-tong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tienbundofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² bun²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²³⁻³³ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-bûn-tang
    • Tâi-lô: thian-bûn-tang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tienbundafng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²³⁻³³ taŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴⁻¹¹ taŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

天門冬

1. root of the Chinese asparagus (Asparagus cochinchinensis)

Synonyms

• 天冬 (tiāndōng)

Derived terms

• 天門冬氨酸／天门冬氨酸 (tiānméndōng'ānsuān)
• 天門冬胺酸／天门冬胺酸 (tiānméndōng'ànsuān)