杏花村

Chinese

		apricot blossom	village
trad. (杏花村)		杏花	村
simp. ^#(杏花村)		杏花	村

Etymology

From Du Fu's poem Qingming Festival:

清明時節雨紛紛，路上行人欲斷魂。借問酒家何處有，牧童遙指杏花村。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

清明时节雨纷纷，路上行人欲断魂。借问酒家何处有，牧童遥指杏花村。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Tang dynasty, Du Fu, Qingming Festival

Qīngmíng shíjié yǔ fēnfēn, lùshàng xíngrén yù duànhún. Jièwèn jiǔjiā héchù yǒu, mùtóng yáozhǐ xìnghuācūn. [Pinyin]

On day of Qingming Festival, a drizzly rain falls.
On the road, the traveller, disconsolate.
Enquiring, where can an inn be found?
A cowherd boy points, far away, to Apricot Blossom Village.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xìnghuācūn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄚㄘㄨㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁶ faa¹ cyun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xìnghuācūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄚㄘㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìnghuacun
  - Wade–Giles: hsing⁴-hua¹-tsʻun¹
  - Yale: syìng-hwā-tswūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinqhuatsuen
  - Palladius: синхуацунь (sinxuacunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hang⁶ faa¹ cyun¹
  - Yale: hahng fā chyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁶ faa¹ tsyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: heng⁶ fa¹ qun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²² faː⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: haengX xwae tshwon

Rime
Character	杏	花	村
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	曉 (32)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)	麻 (99)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	II	I
Fanqie	何梗切	呼瓜切	此尊切
Baxter	haengX	xwae	tshwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠæŋ^X/	/hˠua/	/t͡sʰuən/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚaŋ^X/	/hʷᵚa/	/t͡sʰuon/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣaŋ^X/	/xua/	/t͡sʰuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaɨjŋ^X/	/hwaɨ/	/t͡sʰwən/
Li Rong	/ɣɐŋ^X/	/xua/	/t͡sʰuən/
Wang Li	/ɣɐŋ^X/	/xwa/	/t͡sʰuən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɐŋ^X/	/xwa/	/t͡sʰuən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hèng	huā	cūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hang⁶	faa¹	cyun¹

Noun

杏花村

(literally) village of apricot blossom
(literary, figurative) liquor vendor

Proper noun

杏花村

(historical) Xinghuacun, an ancient placename near modern-day Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China
(～鎮) Xinghuacun (a town in Fenyang, Shanxi, China)
Heng Fa Chuen (a private housing estate in Hong Kong)
alt. forms: 杏花邨 (xìnghuācūn)