肉桂

Chinese

		meat; flesh	Cinnamomum cassia; Guangxi Autonomous Region (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (肉桂)		肉	桂

Etymology

From Chinese 肉 ("meat") + 桂 ("gui tree"), to distinguish the cassia and cinnamon trees of the laurel family from the 桂花, the osmanthus of the olive family (all having formerly been known as 桂).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ròuguì

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˋ ㄍㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ gwai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiuk-kui
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): jio̍k-kùi / lio̍k-kùi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): nêg⁸ gui³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ròuguì
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ㄍㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ròuguèi
    • Wade–Giles: jou⁴-kuei⁴
    • Yale: ròu-gwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rowguey
    • Palladius: жоугуй (žouguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ gwai³
    • Yale: yuhk gwai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ gwai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ guei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² kʷɐi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiuk-kui
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiug` gui
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiug⁵ gui⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯uk̚² ku̯i⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jio̍k-kùi
    • Tâi-lô: jio̍k-kuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jiogkuix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziɔk̚⁴⁻³² kui²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lio̍k-kùi
    • Tâi-lô: lio̍k-kuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liogkuix
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɔk̚⁴⁻³² kui¹¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nêg⁸ gui³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ne̍k kùi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nek̚⁴⁻² kui²¹³/

Noun

肉桂

1. cassia (the Chinese cinnamon Cinnamomum cassia)
2. cassia bark (herb used in traditional Chinese medicine for various ailments)
3. related members of the genus Cinnamomum, such as true cinnamon (C. verum), Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni), and Vietnamese cinnamon (Cinnamomum loureiroi)
4. bark of such trees

Synonyms

• (cassia): 木桂, 菌桂, 箘桂

References

• “Entry #2713”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
肉	桂
にく > にっ Grade: 2	けい Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にっけー [nìkkéé] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) に​っけー [níꜜkkèè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ik̚ke̞ː]

Noun

肉(にっ)桂(けい) or 肉桂(ニッケイ) • (nikkei) ^{←にくけい (nikukei)?}

1. cinnamon

Synonyms

• シナモン (shinamon)