紫薇

Chinese

		purple; violet; imperial purple; violet; imperial; palace	Osmunda regalis
trad. (紫薇)		紫	薇
simp. #(紫薇)		紫	薇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐwēi, zǐwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄨㄟ, ㄗˇ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² mei⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chí-bî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐwēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhwei
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-wei¹
    • Yale: dž-wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyuei
    • Palladius: цзывэй (czyvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhwéi
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-wei²
    • Yale: dž-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyywei
    • Palladius: цзывэй (czyvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zi² mei⁴
    • Yale: jí mèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² mei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² méi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ mei̯²¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-bî
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-bî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cy'bii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bi²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bi²³/

Noun

紫薇

1. crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)

   Synonyms: 百日紅／百日红 (bǎirìhóng), 滿堂紅／满堂红 (mǎntánghóng), 怕癢花／怕痒花 (Xiang)

2. Alternative form of 紫微 (zǐwēi)