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大茴香

大茴香

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	fennel
simp. and trad. (大茴香)		大	茴香

Noun

大茴香

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Synonyms

八角 (bājiǎo), 八角茴香 (bājiǎo huíxiāng)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dàhuíxiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ wui⁴ hoeng¹
Min Nan (POJ): tāi-hôe-hiong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàhuíxiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄤ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahhweishiang
  - IPA ^(key): /ta̠⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ wui⁴ hoeng¹
  - Yale: daaih wùih hēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ wui⁴ hoeng¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑːi̯²² wuːi̯²¹ hœːŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-hôe-hiong
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-huê-hiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixhoe'hiofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ hue²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taɪ⁴¹⁻²² hue²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ hue¹³⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /taɪ³³⁻¹¹ hue²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taɪ³³⁻²¹ hue²³⁻³³ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/