丹桂

Chinese

		red; pellet; powder red; pellet; powder; cinnabar	Cinnamomum cassia; Guangxi Autonomous Region (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (丹桂)		丹	桂

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dānguì

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢㄍㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ gwai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dānguì
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢㄍㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: danguèi
  - Wade–Giles: tan¹-kuei⁴
  - Yale: dān-gwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danguey
  - Palladius: даньгуй (danʹguj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daan¹ gwai³
  - Yale: dāan gwai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹ gwai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: dan¹ guei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯³³/

Noun

丹桂

(botany) The golden osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
丹	桂
たん Grade: S	けい Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

丹(たん)桂(けい) or 丹桂(タンケイ) • (tankei)

golden osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans)

Usage notes

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

See also

金木犀(きんもくせい) (kinmokusei): orange-blooming variety of the fragrant olive
銀木犀(ぎんもくせい) (ginmokusei): white-blooming variety of the fragrant olive
木犀(もくせい) (mokusei): the fragrant olive in general
桂花(けいか) (keika)

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