相思仔

Chinese

 
to yearn for; to pine for; to miss each other; lovesickness
 
minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad.
(相思仔)
相思

Pronunciation

  • Min Nan (POJ): siuⁿ-si-á / siu-si-á / sioⁿ-si-á

Noun

相思仔

  1. (Mainland China Hokkien) pink silk tree; Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)
  2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) acacia, especially the Taiwan acacia (Acacia confusa)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 相思樹 (“Taiwan acacia”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 相思樹
Mandarin Taiwan 相思樹
Cantonese Hong Kong 臺灣相思
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 香絲樹, 相思樹
Liudui (S. Sixian) 香絲樹, 相思樹
Hsinchu (Hailu) 香絲樹, 相思樹
Dongshi (Dabu) 香絲樹, 相思樹
Hsinchu (Raoping) 香絲樹, 相思樹
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 相思樹
Min Nan Taipei 相思仔
Kaohsiung 相思仔
Tainan 相思仔
Taichung 相思仔
Hsinchu 相思仔
Lukang 相思欉
Sanxia 相思仔
Yilan 相思仔
Kinmen 相思
Magong 相思樹
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