Chinese

Noun

蒲公英

1. dandelion (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum)

Synonyms

• (Hakka) 鵝仔菜／鹅仔菜 (ngò-é-chhoi), 兔仔菜 (thu-é-chhoi), 茅麥仔／茅麦仔 (màu-mak-é)

Descendants

Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) た​んぽぽ [táꜜǹpòpò] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [tã̠mpo̞po̞]

Noun

蒲公英 ‎(hiragana たんぽぽ, katakana タンポポ, romaji tanpopo)

1. a dandelion (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3