金銀花

See also: 金银花

Chinese

		metal; gold; money
trad. (金銀花)		金	銀花
simp. (金银花)		金	银花

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīnyínhuā

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣㄧㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄚ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jīnyínhuā
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄧㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinynhua
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ in³⁵ xu̯a̠⁵⁵/

Noun

金銀花

flower of the Japanese honeysuckle or Lonicera japonica (A flower used in traditional Chinese medicine to "detoxify" and to treat influenza.)

References

金银花 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh

Japanese

金銀花 (kinginka): the Japanese honeysuckle.

Kanji in this term
金	銀	花
きん Grade: 1	ぎん Grade: 3	か Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

Probably from Middle Chinese. Literally “gold silver flower”. Compare modern Chinese 金銀花／金银花.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) きんぎんか [kìńgíꜜǹkà] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]
- IPA^(key): [kʲĩŋʲɡʲĩŋka̠]

Noun

金銀花 (hiragana きんぎんか, rōmaji kinginka)

(rare) the Japanese honeysuckle plant, Lonicera japonica.
the flower of the Japanese honeysuckle

Usage notes

More commonly called スイカズラ (suikazura) in Japanese.^[1]^[2]

Synonyms

忍冬 (スイカズラ, suikazura; にんどう, nindō)
吸い葛 (すいかずら, suikazura)

References

1 2 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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