夜來香

See also: 夜来香

Chinese

		nightfall; evening	fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
trad. (夜來香)		夜來	香
simp. (夜来香)		夜来	香
Literally: “fragrance of [the] night”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yèláixiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁶ loi⁴ hoeng¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iā-lâi-hiong
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ya-le-shian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yèláixiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yèláisiang
    • Wade–Giles: yeh⁴-lai²-hsiang¹
    • Yale: yè-lái-syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehlaishiang
    • Palladius: елайсян (jelajsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁶ loi⁴ hoeng¹
    • Yale: yeh lòih hēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁶ loi⁴ hoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁶ loi⁴ hêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː²² lɔːi̯²¹ hœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iā-lâi-hiong
    • Tâi-lô: iā-lâi-hiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iaxlai'hiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ia²²⁻²¹ lai²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ia⁴¹⁻²² lai²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ia²²⁻²¹ lai¹³⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ia³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia³³⁻²¹ lai²³⁻³³ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶ya-le-shian
    • MiniDict: ya^去 le shian
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhia-le-xian
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦia²² le⁵⁵ ɕiã²¹/

Noun

夜來香

1. tuberose, Polianthes tuberosa

   • 那南風吹來清涼　那夜鶯啼聲輕唱　月下的花兒都入夢　只有那夜來香　吐露著芬芳 [MSC, trad.]
     那南风吹来清凉　那夜莺啼声轻唱　月下的花儿都入梦　只有那夜来香　吐露著芬芳 [MSC, simp.]

     From: “Tuberose” (1944), lyrics and music by Li Jinguang, sung by Li Hsiang-lan

     nà nánfēng chuī lái qīngliáng, nà yèyīng tí shēng qīng chàng, yuèxià de huā'ér dōu rùmèng, zhǐyǒu nà yèláixiāng, tǔlù zhe fēnfāng [Pinyin]

     The south wind is cool and refreshing[, while] the nightingale cries its soft song.
     Under the moonlight, all the flowers are sleeping; except for this tuberose, showing off its sweet fragrance.

     [Note: 輕唱／轻唱 (qīng chàng, “[its] soft song”) is sometimes substituted with 悽愴／凄怆 (qīchuàng, “sadly”).]

2. night-blooming cestrum, Cestrum nocturnum
3. Tonkin jasmine, Telosma cordata
4. (Cantonese, dated) night soil

Synonyms

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• (plant): 夜香木, (Min Nan) 月來香／月来香
• (faeces): 夜香

Descendants

• Japanese: 夜来香 (ieraishan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
夜	來	香
イエ Grade: 2	ライ Jinmeiyō	シャン Grade: 4
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 夜來香 – see the following entry.

【夜来香イエライシャン】 [noun] (informal) Synonym of 月下香 (gekkakō): the tuberose, Polianthes tuberosa

(This term, 夜來香, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
夜	來	香

Noun

夜來香 • (yaraehyang) (hangeul 야래향)

1. Hanja form^? of 야래향.