蒲公英

Chinese

		calamus	just; honorable; public just; honorable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	flower; hero; brave flower; hero; brave; outstanding; (abbrev) Britain; English
trad. (蒲公英)		蒲	公	英
simp. ^#(蒲公英)		蒲	公	英

Etymology

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): púgōngyīng

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄥㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁴ gung¹ jing¹
Min Nan (POJ): pô͘-kong-eng / pô͘-ko͘-eng / phô͘-kong-eng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: púgōngyīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄥㄧㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwugonging
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰu³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ iŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: pou⁴ gung¹ jing¹
  - Yale: pòuh gūng yīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁴ gung¹ jing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: pou⁴ gung¹ ying¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ jɪŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pô͘-kong-eng
  - Tâi-lô: pôo-kong-ing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: po'kong'efng
  - IPA (Taipei): /pɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ²³⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pô͘-ko͘-eng
  - Tâi-lô: pôo-koo-ing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: po'ko'efng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ²⁴⁻²² kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² iɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phô͘-kong-eng
  - Tâi-lô: phôo-kong-ing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pho'kong'efng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔ²³⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

蒲公英

dandelion (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蒲公英 (“dandelion”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蒲公英
Mandarin	Beijing	婆婆丁
	Taiwan	蒲公英
	Harbin	婆婆丁
	Hailar	婆婆丁
	Qingdao	婆婆丁
Cantonese	Hong Kong	蒲公英
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鵝仔菜, 兔仔菜
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	茅蕒仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	兔仔菜, 鵝仔菜
	Dongshi (Dabu)	兔菜, 鵝菜
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	鵝仔菜, 兔仔菜
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	鵝子菜
Jin	Hohhot	固固英
Min Nan	Xiamen	大號兔草, 蒲公英
Min Nan	Zhangzhou	覓鶚刺

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蒲公英):

→ Japanese: 蒲 (ほ)公 (こう)英 (えい) (hokōei)
→ Korean: 포공영 (蒲公英, pogong-yeong)
→ Vietnamese: bồ công anh (蒲公英)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
蒲	公	英
Jinmeiyō	Grade: 2	Grade: 4
Irregular

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) たんぽぽ [táꜜǹpòpò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [tã̠mpo̞po̞]

Noun

蒲公英 (hiragana たんぽぽ, katakana タンポポ, rōmaji tanpopo)

dandelion (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
蒲	公	英
ほ Jinmeiyō	こう Grade: 2	えい Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) ほこーえー [hòkóꜜòèè] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
- IPA^(key): [ho̞ko̞ːe̞ː]

Noun

蒲公英 (hiragana ほこうえい, katakana ホコウエイ, rōmaji hokōei)

dandelion

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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