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刺桐

刺桐

Chinese

		thorn; sting; prick thorn; sting; prick; pierce; stab; thrust; assassinate; murder	Aleurites cordata
simp. and trad. (刺桐)		刺	桐

Noun

刺桐

Indian coral tree

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): cìtóng

(Zhuyin): ㄘˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci³ tung⁴
Min Nan (POJ): chhì-tông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: cìtóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄘˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyhtongr
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci³ tung⁴
  - Yale: chi tùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³ tung⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³ tʰʊŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-tông
  - Tâi-lô: tshì-tông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chie'doong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ tɔŋ²³/