向日葵

Chinese

		sunward; in former days	sunflower
trad. (向日葵)		向日	葵
simp. ^#(向日葵)		向日	葵

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàngrìkuí

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄖˋ ㄎㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng³ jat⁶ kwai⁴
Min Nan (POJ): hiòng-ji̍t-kûi / hiòng-li̍t-kûi / hiàng-ji̍t-kûi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiàngrìkuí
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄖˋ ㄎㄨㄟˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqryhkwei
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹ kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoeng³ jat⁶ kwai⁴
  - Yale: heung yaht kwàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng³ jat⁹ kwai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hêng³ yed⁶ kuei⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ³³ jɐt̚² kʷʰɐi̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiòng-ji̍t-kûi
  - Tâi-lô: hiòng-ji̍t-kuî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiorngjidkuii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ ʑit̚⁴⁻³² kui²³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiòng-li̍t-kûi
  - Tâi-lô: hiòng-li̍t-kuî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiornglidkuii
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lit̚²⁴⁻²² kui²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ lit̚⁴⁻³² kui²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ lit̚⁴⁻³² kui²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiàng-ji̍t-kûi
  - Tâi-lô: hiàng-ji̍t-kuî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiarngjidkuii
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiaŋ²¹⁻⁵³ d͡ʑit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kui¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiaŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ ʑit̚⁴⁻³² kui²³/

Noun

向日葵

sunflower

Synonyms

葵花 (kuíhuā)
日頭花／日头花 (rìtóuhuā)

Derived terms

向日葵油 (xiàngrìkuíyóu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
向	日	葵
Grade: 3	Grade: 1	Jinmeiyō
Irregular

Etymology

From 日 (hi, “sun”) +‎ 回り (mawari, “rotation”). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 向日葵.

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) ひまわり [hìmáꜜwàrì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [çima̠ɰᵝa̠ɾʲi]
Homophone: 火回り

Noun

向日葵 (hiragana ひまわり, katakana ヒマワリ, rōmaji himawari, historical hiragana ひまはり, historical katakana ヒマハリ)

a sunflower (flower)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as ヒマワリ.

References

↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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