鳳凰木

Chinese

		fenghuang; the "Chinese phoenix"; phoenix	tree; wood
trad. (鳳凰木)		鳳凰	木
simp. (凤凰木)		凤凰	木

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fènghuángmù

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung⁶ wong⁴ muk⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hōng-hông-bo̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fènghuángmù → fènghuangmù (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄨˋ → ㄈㄥˋ ˙ㄏㄨㄤ ㄇㄨˋ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fònghuångmù
    • Wade–Giles: fêng⁴-huang⁵-mu⁴
    • Yale: fèng-hwang-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenq.hwangmuh
    • Palladius: фэнхуанму (fɛnxuanmu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ mu⁵¹/ → /fɤŋ⁵¹ xu̯ɑŋ¹ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung⁶ wong⁴ muk⁶
    • Yale: fuhng wòhng muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung⁶ wong⁴ muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung⁶ wong⁴ mug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ²² wɔːŋ²¹ mʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōng-hông-bo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: hōng-hông-bo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxnghongbok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ¹³⁻²² bɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hɔŋ²³⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴/

Noun

鳳凰木

1. royal poinciana (Delonix regia)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鳳	凰	木
ほう Jinmeiyō	おう Jinmeiyō	ぼく Grade: 1
kan'on	goon	kan'on

Etymology

Literally, “phoenix tree”, 鳳凰(ほうおう) (hōō, “phoenix, fenghuang”) + 木(ぼく) (boku, “tree”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ho̞ːo̞ːbo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

鳳(ほう)凰(おう)木(ぼく) or 鳳凰木(ホウオウボク) • (hōōboku) 

1. royal poinciana, Delonix regia

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).