沈丁花

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
沈	丁	花
じん Grade: S	ちょう Grade: 3	け > げ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じんちょーげ [jìńchóꜜògè] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ːɡe̞]

Noun

沈(じん)丁(ちょう)花(げ) or 沈丁花(ジンチョウゲ) • (jinchōge)

winter daphne, Daphne odora

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
沈	丁	花
ちん Grade: S	ちょう Grade: 3	け > げ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちんちょーげ [chìńchóꜜògè] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕĩɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ːɡe̞]

Noun

沈(ちん)丁(ちょう)花(げ) or 沈丁花(チンチョウゲ) • (chinchōge)

winter daphne, Daphne odora

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN