刺桐

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cìtóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci³ tung⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhì-tông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cìtóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìhtóng
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴-tʻung²
    • Yale: tsz̀-túng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyhtorng
    • Palladius: цытун (cytun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci³ tung⁴
    • Yale: chi tùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³ tung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi³ tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³ tʰʊŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-tông
    • Tâi-lô: tshì-tông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chie'doong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ tɔŋ²³/

Noun

刺桐

1. Indian coral tree

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 莿桐 (cìtóng)

Derived terms

• 刺桐城 (Cìtóngchéng)