聖誕紅

Chinese

		birth of a sage, saint, god, emperor, etc.; Christmas	red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular
trad. (聖誕紅)		聖誕	紅
simp. (圣诞红)		圣诞	红

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèngdànhóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ daan³ hung⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳn-tan-fùng / sṳn-than-fùng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sèng-tàn-hông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèngdànhóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèngdànhóng
    • Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-tan⁴-hung²
    • Yale: shèng-dàn-húng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqdannhorng
    • Palladius: шэнданьхун (šɛndanʹxun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tän⁵¹ xʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ daan³ hung⁴
    • Yale: sing daan hùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ daan³ hung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ dan³ hung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ taːn³³ hʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳn-tan-fùng / sṳn-than-fùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: siin dan fungˇ / siin tan fungˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin⁴ dan⁴ fung² / sin⁴ tan⁴ fung²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn⁵⁵ tan⁵⁵ fuŋ¹¹/, /sɨn⁵⁵ tʰan⁵⁵ fuŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-tàn-hông
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-tàn-hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangdarnhoong
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tan¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tan²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔŋ²³/

Noun

聖誕紅

1. poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 一品紅 (“poinsettia”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		一品紅, 猩猩木, 聖誕紅, 聖誕花
Mandarin	Taiwan	聖誕紅
	Jinan	一品紅
	Nanning (Wuming)	一品紅
Cantonese	Guangzhou	聖誕花
	Hong Kong	聖誕花
	Nanning	一品紅
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	聖誕紅
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	聖誕紅
Southern Min	Shantou	報年紅
	Shantou (Chenghai)	報年紅
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	報年紅
Wu	Shanghai	象牙紅