麥冬

Chinese

Etymology 1

		wheat; barley; oats	winter
trad. (麥冬)		麥	冬
simp. (麦冬)		麦	冬
anagram		冬麥／冬麦

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màidōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄉㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ dung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): be̍k-tong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màidōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄉㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màidong
    • Wade–Giles: mai⁴-tung¹
    • Yale: mài-dūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maydong
    • Palladius: майдун (majdun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mak⁶ dung¹
    • Yale: mahk dūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ dung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ dung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚² tʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍k-tong
    • Tâi-lô: bi̍k-tong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: begdofng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /biɪk̚⁴⁻³² tɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

麥冬

1. dwarf lilyturf (Ophiopogon japonicus)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 麥冬 (“dwarf lilyturf”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		麥冬, 麥門冬
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	麥冬
Cantonese	Hong Kong	麥冬
Gan	Pingxiang	麥冬
Hakka	Yudu	麥冬
Southern Min	Xiamen	麥文
	Quanzhou	麥文
	Zhangzhou	麥文

Etymology 2

		wheat; barley; oats	harvest season
trad. (麥冬)		麥	冬
simp. (麦冬)		麦	冬
anagram		冬麥／冬麦

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): be̍h-tang

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍h-tang
    • Tâi-lô: be̍h-tang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: beqdafng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /be(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ taŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /be(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ taŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

麥冬

1. (Hokkien) harvest season for wheat

Synonyms

• 麥秋／麦秋 (màiqiū)