油桐

Chinese

		oil; sly	tung tree
simp. and trad. (油桐)		油	桐
anagram		桐油

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóutóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ tung⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yù-thùng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iû-tâng / iû-tông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóutóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóutóng
    • Wade–Giles: yu²-tʻung²
    • Yale: yóu-túng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youtorng
    • Palladius: ютун (jutun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ tung⁴
    • Yale: yàuh tùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ tung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yù-thùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: iuˇ tungˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu² tung²
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯u¹¹ tʰuŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yù-thùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iuˇ tungˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu² tung²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u¹¹ tʰuŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-tâng
    • Tâi-lô: iû-tâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iu'daang
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ taŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ taŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-tông
    • Tâi-lô: iû-tông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iu'doong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ tɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔŋ²⁴/

Noun

油桐

1. tung tree (Vernicia fordii)

Derived terms

• 山油桐
• 廣東油桐／广东油桐
• 油桐樹／油桐树
• 油桐花 (yóutónghuā)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
油	桐
あぶら Grade: 3	きり > ぎり Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Noun

油(あぶら)桐(ぎり) or 油桐(アブラギリ) • (aburagiri) 

1. tung tree, Vernicia cordata

   Synonym: 山桐 (yamagiri)

Usage notes

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