相思樹

Chinese

		to yearn for; to pine for; to miss each other to yearn for; to pine for; to miss each other; lovesickness	tree
trad. (相思樹)		相思	樹
simp. (相思树)		相思	树

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngsīshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄙ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ si¹ syu⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siông-sṳ̂-su
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siuⁿ-si-chhiū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngsīshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄙ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangsihshù
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-ssŭ¹-shu⁴
    • Yale: syāng-sz̄-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangsyshuh
    • Palladius: сянсышу (sjansyšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ si¹ syu⁶
    • Yale: sēung sī syuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ si¹ sy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ xi¹ xu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ syː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siông-sṳ̂-su
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiong´ sii´ su
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiong¹ si¹ su⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ²⁴⁻¹¹ su⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Magong, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siuⁿ-si-chhiū
    • Tâi-lô: siunn-si-tshiū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sviusichiu
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siũ⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu³³/

Noun

相思樹

1. acacia, especially the Taiwan acacia (Acacia confusa)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 相思樹 (“Taiwan acacia”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		相思樹
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	相思樹
Cantonese	Hong Kong	臺灣相思
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	香絲樹, 相思樹
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	香絲樹, 相思樹
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	香絲樹, 相思樹
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	香絲樹, 相思樹
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	香絲樹, 相思樹
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	相思樹
Southern Min	Taipei	相思仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	相思仔
	Kaohsiung	相思仔
	Yilan	相思仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	相思欉
	Taichung	相思仔
	Tainan	相思仔
	Hsinchu	相思仔
	Kinmen	相思
	Penghu (Magong)	相思樹