鳳凰木

Chinese

		fenghuang; the "Chinese phoenix"; phoenix	tree; wood
trad. (鳳凰木)		鳳凰	木
simp. (凤凰木)		凤凰	木

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fènghuángmù

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fung⁶ wong⁴ muk⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hōng-hông-bo̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fènghuángmù → fènghuangmù (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄨˋ → ㄈㄥˋ ˙ㄏㄨㄤㄇㄨˋ (toneless variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fònghuångmù
  - Wade–Giles: fêng⁴-huang⁵-mu⁴
  - Yale: fèng-hwang-mù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenq.hwangmuh
  - Palladius: фэнхуанму (fɛnxuanmu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ mu⁵¹/ → /fɤŋ⁵¹ xu̯ɑŋ¹ mu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fung⁶ wong⁴ muk⁶
  - Yale: fuhng wòhng muhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fung⁶ wong⁴ muk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fung⁶ wong⁴ mug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ²² wɔːŋ²¹ mʊk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōng-hông-bo̍k
  - Tâi-lô: hōng-hông-bo̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoxnghongbok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ¹³⁻²² bɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hɔŋ²³⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴/

Noun

鳳凰木

royal poinciana (Delonix regia)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鳳	凰	木
ほう Jinmeiyō	おう Jinmeiyō	ぼく Grade: 1
kan'on	goon	kan'on

Etymology

Literally, “phoenix tree”, 鳳凰(ほうおう) (hōō, “phoenix, fenghuang”) + 木(ぼく) (boku, “tree”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ho̞ːo̞ːbo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

鳳(ほう)凰(おう)木(ぼく) or 鳳凰木(ホウオウボク) • (hōōboku)

royal poinciana, Delonix regia

Usage notes

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