丁香

Chinese

		4th heavenly stem; man; people 4th heavenly stem; man; people; little cube; surname	fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
trad. (丁香)		丁	香
simp. ^#(丁香)		丁	香

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dīngxiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥㄒㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ding¹ hoeng¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): teng-hiuⁿ / teng-hioⁿ / teng-hiauⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dīngxiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥㄒㄧㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dingsiang
  - Wade–Giles: ting¹-hsiang¹
  - Yale: dīng-syāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dingshiang
  - Palladius: динсян (dinsjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ding¹ hoeng¹
  - Yale: dīng hēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ding¹ hoeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ding¹ hêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ⁵⁵ hœːŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teng-hiuⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: ting-hiunn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: denghviw
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tiɪŋ³³ hiũ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiũ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiũ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teng-hioⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: ting-hionn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: denghvioy
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔ̃⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teng-hiauⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: ting-hiaunn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: denghviaw
  - Sinological IPA (Penang): /teŋ³³⁻²¹ hiãu³³/

Noun

丁香

lilac
clove
(literary, figurative) tip of a woman's tongue
- 曉妝初過，沉檀輕注些兒個，向人微露丁香顆。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  晓妆初过，沉檀轻注些儿个，向人微露丁香颗。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 五代十國．李煜《一斛珠．曉妝初過》
  Xiǎo zhuāng chū guò, chén tán qīng zhù xiē ér ge, xiàng rén wēi lù dīngxiāng kē. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
(Jinjiang Hokkien) eardrop
button
Synonym: 丁香結 / 丁香结
- 兩個在那裡交扣丁香，並照菱花，梳洗才完，穿戴未畢。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  两个在那里交扣丁香，并照菱花，梳洗才完，穿戴未毕。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 清．孔尚任《桃花扇》第七齣
  Liǎng ge zài nàlǐ jiāo kòu dīngxiāng, bìng zhào línghuā, shūxǐ cái wán, chuāndài wèi bì. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 耳環 (“earring”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		耳環 ring, 耳墜 with pendant, 耳飾 general term
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	耳環兒, 耳墜兒, 耳鉗子, 鉗子
	Taiwan	耳環
	Chifeng	耳環, 耳墜兒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	耳環, 耳鉗子
	Harbin	耳環, 耳墜兒, 耳墜子, 耳鉗子
	Shenyang	耳環, 鉗子
	Singapore	耳環
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	鉗子
	Tangshan	耳環, 耳墜兒
	Cangzhou	墜子
	Baoding	墜子
	Shijiazhuang	耳墜兒
	Jinan	耳環兒, 墜子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	耳環兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	耳墜兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	耳環
	Wanrong	耳墜子
	Zhengzhou	耳墜兒
	Xi'an	耳環, 耳墜兒, 耳墜子
	Xining	耳環兒
	Xuzhou	耳環, 耳圈子, 圈子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	耳墜子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	耳環, 耳墜子
	Lanzhou	耳環子, 耳環, 耳墜子
	Ürümqi	耳環子, 耳環, 耳墜子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	耳環
	Chongqing	耳環
	Wuhan	耳環, 環子
	Guiyang	耳柱, 耳環
	Kunming	耳環, 耳墜
	Guilin	耳環, 耳墜
	Liuzhou	耳環
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	耳環, 耳絲, 耳圈兒
	Yangzhou	耳環子, 環子
	Nantong	耳環, 圈兒
	Hefei	耳環
Cantonese	Guangzhou	耳環
	Hong Kong	耳環
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	耳環
	Macau	耳環
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	耳環
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	耳圈
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	耳環
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	耳環
	Foshan	耳環
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	耳環
	Foshan (Shunde)	耳環
	Foshan (Sanshui)	耳牌, 耳圈
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	耳環
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	耳牌
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	耳環
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	耳環
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	耳環
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	耳環
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	耳環
	Taishan	耳環
	Kaiping (Chikan)	耳環
	Enping (Niujiang)	耳環
	Heshan (Yayao)	耳環
	Dongguan	耳環
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	耳環
	Nanning	耳環
	Wuzhou	耳環
	Yulin	耳環
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	耳環
	Guiping	耳環
	Mengshan (Xihe)	耳環
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	耳環
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	耳環
	Baise	耳環
	Bobai	耳環
	Lingshan	耳環
	Pubei	耳環
	Qinzhou	耳環
	Beihai	耳圈
	Ningming	耳環
	Hengzhou	耳環
	Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	耳環
Gan	Nanchang	環子
	Lichuan	耳澀
	Pingxiang	耳環
Hakka	Meixian	耳圈仔, 耳盤仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	耳環
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	耳環
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	耳環
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	耳環
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	耳環
	Yudu	耳飾
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	耳環
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	耳環
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	耳環
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	耳鉤, 耳環
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	耳環
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	耳鉤
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	耳環
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	耳環
	Mashan (Pianlian)	耳環
Huizhou	Jixi	耳朵環, 耳朵箍
Huizhou	Shexian	耳圈, 圈
Jin	Taiyuan	環環, 耳環, 耳墜子
	Xinzhou	耳墜子
	Linhe	耳環子
	Jining	耳環
	Hohhot	耳環
	Zhangjiakou	耳環
	Handan	耳環, 耳墜子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	耳釘
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	耳環
Southern Min	Xiamen	耳鉤
	Quanzhou	耳鉤
	Jinjiang	耳栓 ring, 丁香 drop
	Zhangzhou	耳鉤
	Kaohsiung	耳鉤
	Yilan	耳鉤
	Changhua (Lukang)	耳鉤
	Taichung	耳鉤
	Taichung (Wuqi)	耳鉤
	Tainan	耳鉤
	Taitung	耳鉤
	Hsinchu	耳鉤
	Penghu (Magong)	耳栓
	Penang (Hokkien)	subang
	Singapore (Hokkien)	耳鉤
	Manila (Hokkien)	耳鉤
	Longyan	耳鉤仔
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	耳鉤
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	耳鉤
	Jieyang	耳鉤
	Puning	耳鉤
	Leizhou	耳鉤
	Haikou	耳環
Puxian Min	Putian	耳環
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	耳鉤
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	耳鉤
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	耳環
	Xianyou	耳圈
	Xianyou (Fengting)	耳鉤
	Xianyou (Youyang)	耳環, 耳鉤囝
Central Min	Yong'an	聾蒂
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	耳鉤
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	耳環
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	耳墜子
Wu	Shanghai	耳環, 耳朵環, 耳朵圈, 圈
	Shanghai (Chongming)	環
	Suzhou	圈
	Danyang	耳朵環子, 環子
	Hangzhou	箍兒
	Ningbo	環子, 耳朵環
	Jinhua	耳朵箍兒
Xiang	Changsha	耳環, 環子
	Loudi	耳環
	Quanzhou	耳環

Derived terms

丁香柿
丁香核
丁香油
丁香竹
丁香紫
丁香紫玉
丁香結 / 丁香结
丁香花 (dīngxiānghuā)
丁香褐
丁香頭 / 丁香头
丁香魚 / 丁香鱼 (dīngxiāngyú)
水丁香
洋丁香
白丁香
紫丁香 (zǐdīngxiāng)

References

“丁香”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.