棯仔

Chinese

		jujube tree	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (棯仔)		棯	仔
simp. #(棯仔)		棯	仔
alternative forms		稔仔

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nim¹ zai²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nim¹ zai²
    • Yale: nīm jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nim¹ dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: nim¹ zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːm⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

Noun

棯仔

1. (Cantonese, Hakka) rose myrtle (Rhodomyrtus tomentosa)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 桃金娘 (“rose myrtle”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		桃金娘
Taxonomic name		桃金娘
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	桃金娘
Cantonese	Guangzhou	棯仔, 崗棯
	Hong Kong	崗棯
Hakka	Hong Kong	棯仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	多𬂌
	Fuqing	多𬂌
Southern Min	Xiamen	山多尼, 多尼
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	丁尼
	Zhangzhou	多尼

References

• Bai, Wanru (1998) 廣州方言詞典, page 302
• Lau, Chun-Fat (劉鎮發) (2021) 香港客家話研究 [A Study of Hong Kong Hakka] (in Chinese), Chung Hwa Book Company (Hong Kong) Limited, →ISBN, page 121