金銀花

See also: 金银花

Chinese

		gold and silver	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (金銀花)		金銀	花
simp. (金银花)		金银	花

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīnyínhuā

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣㄧㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ ngan⁴ faa¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kim-gûn-hoe / kim-gîn-hoe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīnyínhuā
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄧㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jinyínhua
  - Wade–Giles: chin¹-yin²-hua¹
  - Yale: jīn-yín-hwā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinynhua
  - Palladius: цзиньиньхуа (czinʹinʹxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ in³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ ngan⁴ faa¹
  - Yale: gām ngàhn fā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ ngan⁴ faa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ ngen⁴ fa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ ŋɐn²¹ faː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-gûn-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: kim-gûn-hue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kimgunhoef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² ɡun²⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡun²⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-gîn-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: kim-gîn-hue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kimginhoef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡin²³⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/

Noun

金銀花

Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) (Classifier: 朵 m c; 蕊 mn)
- 2006, “愛情藥單”, 武雄 (lyrics), 詹雅雯 and 李富興 (music)‎^[1]performed by 詹雅雯:
  
  一蕊金銀花　二兩左手香 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  一蕊金银花　二两左手香 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  chi̍t lúi kim-gîn-hoe, nn̄g niú tò-chhiú-phang [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  One honeysuckle, two taels of Mexican mint

Synonyms

忍冬 (rěndōng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (金銀花):

→ Japanese: 金(きん)銀(ぎん)花(か) (kinginka)
→ Korean: 금은화(金銀花) (geumeunhwa)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
金	銀	花
きん Grade: 1	ぎん Grade: 3	か Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

Probably from Middle Chinese. Literally “gold silver flower”. Compare modern Mandarin 金銀花／金银花 (jīnyínhuā).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きんぎんか [kìńgíꜜǹkà] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]
IPA^(key): [kʲĩŋʲɡʲĩŋka̠]

Noun

金(きん)銀(ぎん)花(か) • (kinginka)

(rare) synonym of 吸葛 (suikazura, “Japanese honeysuckle, Lonicera japonica”)
(traditional Chinese medicine) dried Lonicera japonica buds used in medicine

Usage notes

More commonly called 吸葛(スイカズラ) (suikazura) in Japanese.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN