紫薇

Chinese

		purple; violet; imperial purple; violet; imperial; palace
simp. and trad. (紫薇)		紫	薇

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǐwēi, zǐwéi

(Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄨㄟ, ㄗˇ ㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² mei⁴
Min Nan (POJ): chí-bî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
  - Pinyin: zǐwēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄨㄟ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyuei
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    紫微
    紫薇
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: zǐwéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄨㄟˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyywei
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯eɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: zi² mei⁴
  - Yale: jí mèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² mei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² méi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ mei̯²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    紫微
    紫薇
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-bî
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-bî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cy'bii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bi²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bi²³/

Noun

紫薇

crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
Synonyms: 百日紅／百日红 (bǎirìhóng)
Alternative form of 紫微 (zǐwēi).

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