辛夷

Chinese

		8th heavenly stem; tired	safe; to raze; to exterminate safe; to raze; to exterminate; barbarian
simp. and trad. (辛夷)		辛	夷

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīnyí

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣㄧˊ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sin-î

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīnyí
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sinyí
  - Wade–Giles: hsin¹-i²
  - Yale: syīn-yí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinyi
  - Palladius: синьи (sinʹi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ i³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    辛夷
    新沂
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-î
  - Tâi-lô: sin-î
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sin'ii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² i²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ i²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² i¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ i²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ i²³/

Noun

辛夷

Synonyms

(Lily magnolia):
- 木蘭／木兰 (mùlán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
辛	夷
こぶし
Grade: S	Jinmeiyō
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 辛夷 – see the following entry.

【こぶしコブシ】

[noun] [from circa 1165] the Kobushi magnolia, Magnolia kobus

Alternative spelling
拳

(This term, 辛夷, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Usage notes

The kanji spelling is an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 辛夷 (xīnyí).[1]

References

Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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