報年紅

Chinese

		to announce; to inform; report to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; to repay; to recompense; revenge	year	red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular
trad. (報年紅)		報	年	紅
simp. (报年红)		报	年	红
Literally: “[new] year-announcing red”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàoniánhóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄥˊ

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): bo³ ni⁵ ang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàoniánhóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàoniánhóng
    • Wade–Giles: pao⁴-nien²-hung²
    • Yale: bàu-nyán-húng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawnianhorng
    • Palladius: баоняньхун (baonjanʹxun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵ xʊŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bo³ ni⁵ ang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pò nî âng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /po²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ni⁵⁵⁻¹¹ aŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

報年紅

1. (chiefly Teochew) poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)

   • 地上的樹，格外青翠，草地格外潤濕、嫩綠，路也由原來的灰白變成了淡黑，樓前的迎春金桔、報年紅、黃菊，花兒葉兒格外的舒坦、豔麗、悅目…… [MSC, trad.]
     地上的树，格外青翠，草地格外润湿、嫩绿，路也由原来的灰白变成了淡黑，楼前的迎春金桔、报年红、黄菊，花儿叶儿格外的舒坦、艳丽、悦目…… [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2007, 郑素亮, 雾, in 《丑匾 散文集》, Beijing: 北京艺术与科学电子出版社, →ISBN, page 69

     Dìshang de shù, géwài qīngcuì, cǎodì géwài rùnshī, nènlǜ, lù yě yóu yuánlái de huībái biànchéng le dàn hēi, lóuqián de yíngchūn jīnjú, bàoniánhóng, huángjú, huār yèr géwài de shūtǎn, yànlì, yuèmù...... [Pinyin]

     The trees on the ground are particularly verdant; the lawn is particularly moist and green; the roads have also turned from a greyish white into a pale black; as for the kumquats, poinsettias, and yellow chrysanthemums for welcoming the spring at the front of the building, the flowers and leaves are particularly soothing, enchanting, and pleasing to the eye...

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 一品紅 (“poinsettia”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		一品紅, 猩猩木, 聖誕紅, 聖誕花
Mandarin	Taiwan	聖誕紅
	Jinan	一品紅
	Nanning (Wuming)	一品紅
Cantonese	Guangzhou	聖誕花
	Hong Kong	聖誕花
	Nanning	一品紅
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	聖誕紅
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	聖誕紅
Southern Min	Shantou	報年紅
	Shantou (Chenghai)	報年紅
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	報年紅
Wu	Shanghai	象牙紅