瓊仔

Chinese

		(red stone); beautiful	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (瓊仔)		瓊	仔
simp. (琼仔)		琼	仔
alternative forms		虹仔㮓仔

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khêng-á / khēng-á

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khêng-á
  - Tâi-lô: khîng-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qeng'ar
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɪŋ¹³⁻²² a⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪŋ²³⁻³³ a⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khēng-á
  - Tâi-lô: khīng-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qeng'ar
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪŋ³³ a⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɪŋ³³ a⁵³/

Noun

瓊仔

(Hokkien) Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 烏桕 (“Chinese tallow”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		烏桕
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	烏桕
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	烏桕, 烏桕樹
Gan	Lichuan	烏桕子樹
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蠟仔樹
Southern Min	Xiamen	瓊仔樹, 瓊仔
	Quanzhou	瓊仔樹, 瓊仔
	Zhangzhou	瓊仔
Wu	Suzhou	烏桕
Xiang	Changsha	油子樹, 木油子樹
Xiang	Loudi	油子樹