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苦楝

苦楝

Chinese

		bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	Melia japonica
simp. and trad. (苦楝)		苦	楝

Noun

苦楝

bead tree (Melia azedarach)

Synonyms

栴檀 (zhāntán)

Derived terms

苦楝子

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): kǔliàn

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² lin⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khú-lien
Min Nan (POJ): khó͘-lēng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: kǔliàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuuliann
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ li̯ɛn⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    苦楝
    苦練／苦练
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu² lin⁶
  - Yale: fú lihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu² lin⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ liːn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khú-lien
  - Hakka Romanization System: ku` lien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ku³ lian⁴
  - IPA: /kʰu³¹ li̯en⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-lēng
  - Tâi-lô: khóo-līng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qofleng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ³³/