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康乃馨

康乃馨

Chinese

		peaceful; spongy (of radishes)	and	fragrant
simp. and trad. (康乃馨)		康	乃	馨

康乃馨

Noun

康乃馨

carnation (flower)

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 剪絨花／剪绒花 (chián-jiông-hoe)

References

康乃馨 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
Dianthus caryophyllus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English carnation.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): kāngnǎixīn

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄤㄋㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hong¹ naai⁵ hing¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: kāngnǎixīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄤㄋㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kangnaeshin
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɑŋ⁵⁵ naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hong¹ naai⁵ hing¹
  - Yale: hōng náaih hīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hong¹ naai⁵ hing¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔːŋ⁵⁵ nɑːi̯¹³ hɪŋ⁵⁵/