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芫荽

芫荽

Chinese

		daphne genkwa	coriander
simp. and trad. (芫荽)		芫	荽

Noun

芫荽

coriander

Synonyms

香菜 (xiāngcài)

Derived terms

番芫荽 (fānyánsuī)

References

“Entry #4477”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yánsuī, yuánsuī

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄟ, ㄩㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ seoi¹
Min Nan (POJ): iân-sui

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yánsuī → yánsui (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄟ → ㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄟ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan.suei
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn³⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/ → /i̯ɛn³⁵ su̯eɪ̯³/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: yuánsuī
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄟ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuansuei
  - IPA ^(key): /y̯ɛn³⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ seoi¹
  - Yale: yùhn sēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ soey¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ sɵy̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-sui
  - Tâi-lô: iân-sui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iensuy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² sui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² sui³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn¹³⁻²² sui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ sui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²³⁻³³ sui⁴⁴/