苦楝子

Chinese

			child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (苦楝子)		苦楝	子
simp. #(苦楝子)		苦楝	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǔliànzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄢˋ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² lin⁶ zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khó͘-lēng-chí / khó͘-nūi-chí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǔliànzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄢˋ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǔliànzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu³-lien⁴-tzŭ³
    • Yale: kǔ-lyàn-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuulianntzyy
    • Palladius: куляньцзы (kuljanʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² lin⁶ zi²
    • Yale: fú lihn jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² lin⁶ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² lin⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ liːn²² t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-lēng-chí
    • Tâi-lô: khóo-līng-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoflexngcie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡si⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-nūi-chí
    • Tâi-lô: khóo-nuī-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qofnuixcie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nuĩ⁴¹⁻²² t͡si⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

苦楝子

1. seed of the chinaberry (Melia azedarach) (a herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to "activate qi")
2. (regional) bead tree

Synonyms

• (seed of the chinaberry): 川楝子 (chuānliànzǐ)
• (bead tree):

Dialectal synonyms of 楝 (“bead tree”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		楝, 楝樹, 苦楝, 苦楝樹
Mandarin	Taiwan	苦楝, 苦楝樹, 楝樹, 苦苓
	Yantai (Muping)	苦楝子
	Jinan	苦楝子
	Luoyang	楝樹
	Xi'an	苦楝子樹
	Wuhan	楝樹
	Chengdu	苦楝子
	Guiyang	苦楝子
	Liuzhou	苦楝樹
	Xuzhou	楝棗子, 楝棗樹
	Yangzhou	楝樹, 苦楝樹
	Nanjing	楝樹, 苦楝樹, 苦楝
Cantonese	Guangzhou	森樹
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	苦楝
	Macau	苦楝
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	森樹
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	苦楝
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	苦楝樹
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	森樹
	Foshan	森樹
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	森樹
	Foshan (Shunde)	森樹
	Foshan (Sanshui)	森樹
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	古楝
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	森樹
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	苦楝樹
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	森樹
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	森樹
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	森樹
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	苦楝
	Taishan	苦楝
	Enping (Niujiang)	苦楝
	Heshan (Yayao)	苦楝
	Dongguan	火楝樹
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	火楝樹
	Qingyuan	森樹
	Fogang	苦楝, 森木
	Yingde (Hanguang)	苦楝樹
	Yangshan	苦楝樹
	Lianshan (Butian)	苦楝
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	苦楝
	Shaoguan	苦楝樹
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	苦楝樹
	Renhua	苦楝樹
	Lechang	苦楝樹
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	苦林森
	Sihui	苦楝樹
	Guangning	火楝樹
	Deqing	森木樹
	Huaiji	火楝杵
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	苦楝
	Yunfu	苦楝森
	Xinxing	苦楝森
	Luoding	苦楝
	Yunan (Pingtai)	禾鐮樹
	Xinyi	苦楝木
Gan	Nanchang	苦楝子樹
	Lichuan	苦楝樹
	Pingxiang	苦楝子樹
Hakka	Meixian	苦楝樹
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	苦楝樹
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	苦楝樹
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	苦楝樹
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	鴨仔樹
	Conghua (Lütian)	苦楝
	Yudu	苦楝樹, 麻風樹
	Ruijin	苦楝樹
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	苦楝樹, 苦楝
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	苦楝
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	苦楝樹, 苦楝
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	苦楝樹, 苦楝
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	苦楝樹, 苦楝
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	苦楝樹, 苦楝
Huizhou	Jixi	苦楝樹
Jin	Taiyuan	苦楝樹
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	苦楝
Southern Min	Zhangzhou	楝少仔
	Taipei	苦楝
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	苦楝
	Kaohsiung	苦楝仔
	Yilan	苦楝
	Changhua (Lukang)	苦楝
	Taichung	苦楝仔
	Tainan	苦楝
	Hsinchu	苦楝仔
	Kinmen	苦楝
	Penghu (Magong)	苦楝
	Jieyang	苦楝
	Leizhou	苦楝樹
	Haikou	苦楝樹
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	森木
	Sanxiang	森木, 森木樹
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	苦楝根
Wu	Shanghai	楝樹
	Shanghai (Chongming)	楝樹
	Hangzhou	楝樹
	Ningbo	楝樹
	Wenzhou	苦楝樹
	Jinhua	楝樹
Xiang	Changsha	苦楝子樹