蔠葵

Chinese

			sunflower
trad. (蔠葵)		蔠	葵
simp. (𰱛葵)		𰱛	葵

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngkuí

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄎㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ kwai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngkuí
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄎㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongkuéi
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-kʻuei²
    • Yale: jūng-kwéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongkwei
    • Palladius: чжункуй (čžunkuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ kwai⁴
    • Yale: jūng kwàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ kwai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ kuei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷʰɐi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyuwng gjwij

Rime
Character	蔠	葵
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	職戎切	渠隹切
Baxter	tsyuwng	gjwij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨuŋ/	/ɡiuɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiuŋ/	/ɡʷi/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiuŋ/	/ɡjuɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuwŋ/	/gwi/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiuŋ/	/ɡui/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭuŋ/	/ɡwi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯uŋ/	/gwi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhōng	kuí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung1	kwai4

Noun

蔠葵

1. (literary) Malabar spinach (Basella alba)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 落葵 (“Malabar spinach”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蔠葵, 蘩露
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		落葵
Taxonomic name		落葵
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	皇宮菜
	Singapore	帝皇菜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	軟漿葉, 軟漿子
	Guiyang	木耳菜, 貓耳朵菜
	Liuzhou	藤菜
	Nanning (Wuming)	藤菜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	木耳菜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	潺菜, 藤菜
	Hong Kong	潺菜
	Dongguan	藤線菜, 潺菜
	Nanning	藤菜
Gan	Pingxiang	木耳菜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	藤菜
Wu	Shanghai	紫角葉
	Suzhou	紫草葉, 紫葛葉
	Hangzhou	木耳菜
	Wenzhou	木耳菜
Xiang	Changsha	木耳菜