相思仔

Chinese

		to yearn for; to pine for; to miss each other to yearn for; to pine for; to miss each other; lovesickness	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (相思仔)		相思	仔

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siuⁿ-si-á / siu-si-á / sioⁿ-si-á

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Taichung, Hsinchu, Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siuⁿ-si-á
    • Tâi-lô: siunn-si-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sviusi'ar
    • IPA (Taipei): /siũ⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siũ⁴⁴⁻²² si⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Kaohsiung, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-si-á
    • Tâi-lô: siu-si-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siusi'ar
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu³³ si³³ a⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Yilan): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sioⁿ-si-á
    • Tâi-lô: sionn-si-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svioisi'ar
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² si⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
    • IPA (Tainan): /siɔ̃⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

Noun

相思仔

1. (Mainland China Hokkien) pink silk tree; Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) acacia, especially the Taiwan acacia (Acacia confusa)

Synonyms

• (pink silk tree): 合歡／合欢 (héhuān)

Dialectal synonyms of 相思樹 (“Taiwan acacia”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		相思樹
Mandarin	Taiwan	相思樹
Cantonese	Hong Kong	臺灣相思
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	香絲樹, 相思樹
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	香絲樹, 相思樹
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	香絲樹, 相思樹
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	香絲樹, 相思樹
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	香絲樹, 相思樹
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	相思樹
Southern Min	Taipei	相思仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	相思仔
	Kaohsiung	相思仔
	Yilan	相思仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	相思欉
	Taichung	相思仔
	Tainan	相思仔
	Hsinchu	相思仔
	Kinmen	相思
	Penghu (Magong)	相思樹