飛燕草

Chinese

		flying swallow	herbaceous plant
trad. (飛燕草)		飛燕	草
simp. (飞燕草)		飞燕	草

Etymology

From Japanese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēiyàncǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ ㄧㄢˋ ㄘㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēiyàncǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ ㄧㄢˋ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: feiyàncǎo
    • Wade–Giles: fei¹-yen⁴-tsʻao³
    • Yale: fēi-yàn-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feiyanntsao
    • Palladius: фэйяньцао (fɛjjanʹcao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ jɛn⁵¹ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

飛燕草

1. Delphinium ajacis or any other larkspur

Japanese

Kanji in this term
飛	燕	草
ひ Grade: 4	えん Jinmeiyō	そう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

飛(ひ)燕(えん)草(そう) or 飛燕草(ヒエンソウ) • (hiensō) 

1. Delphinium ajacis

   Synonym: 千鳥草 (chidorisō)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).