向日葵

Chinese
sunward; in former days sunflower
trad. (向日葵) 向日 葵
simp. #(向日葵) 向日 葵

Pronunciation

Noun

向日葵

  1. sunflower

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 向日葵 (“sunflower”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 向日葵, 葵花, 向陽花, 朝陽花
Mandarin Beijing 向日葵, 轉日蓮, 廣植蓮
Taiwan 向日葵
Ulanhot 毛嗑兒
Tongliao 毛嗑兒
Chifeng 向日葵, 葵花
Bayanhot 葵花
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 毛嗑兒
Harbin 大葵花, 毛子嗑兒, 毛嗑兒
Shenyang 毛子嗑
Yantai (Muping) 轉日蓮, 轉家蓮
Qingdao 朝陽花, 轉悠葵兒
Jinan 朝陽花
Luoyang 朝日葵, 向日葵, 葵花兒
Wanrong 葵花
Wanrong (Ronghe) 轉花
Zhengzhou 照日葵
Xi'an 向日葵
Yinchuan 向陽葵, 葵花
Lanzhou 葵花
Xining 向日葵, 葵花
Ürümqi 葵花
Wuhan 葵花
Chengdu 向耳葵, 向日葵, 葵花
Guiyang 葵花
Kunming 朝陽餅兒
Guilin 向日葵
Liuzhou 向日葵
Xuzhou 轉蓮, 向日葵, 葵花
Yangzhou 葵花
Nanjing 葵花, 向日葵
Hefei 朝花, 長花
Nantong 葵花
Singapore 向日葵
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 向兒葵
Cantonese Guangzhou 向日葵
Hong Kong 向日葵, 太陽花, 葵花
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 葵花
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 向日葵
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 向日葵
Taishan 向日葵
Dongguan 向日葵
Yangjiang 向日葵
Nanning 向日葵, 葵花
Wuzhou 向日葵
Yulin 向日葵
Hepu (Lianzhou) 向日葵
Danzhou 向日葵
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 太陽花
Gan Nanchang 葵花
Lichuan 葵花
Pingxiang 拜東蓮
Hakka Meixian 葵花, 向日葵
Xingning 向日葵
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 向日葵
Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) 向日葵
Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) 向日葵
Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) 向日葵
Huidong (Daling) 向日葵
Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) 向日葵
Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) 向日葵
Boluo (Bendihua) 向日葵
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 向日葵
Wuhua (Huacheng) 向日葵
Wuhua (Changbu) 向日葵
Wuhua (Mianyang) 向日葵
Heyuan (Bendihua) 向日葵
Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) 向日葵
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) 向日葵
Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) 向日葵
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) 向日葵
Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) 向日葵
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) 朝月蓮
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 葵花
Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) 向日葵
Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) 照月蓮
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 葵花子
Changting 向東蓮
Wuping 向東蓮
Wuping (Pingyu) 向東蓮
Liancheng 照日蓮
Ninghua 葵花
Yudu 照日亮
Ruijin 向熱蓮
Shicheng 月照瓜
Shangyou (Shexi) 拜東蓮
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 向日葵, 葵花
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 向日葵, 葵花
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 向日葵, 葵花
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 向日葵, 葵花
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 向日葵, 葵花
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 日頭花, 葵花
Hong Kong 向日葵
Luchuan (Daqiao) 向日葵
Sabah (Longchuan) 向日葵
Senai (Huiyang) 向日葵
Singkawang 向日葵
Huizhou Jixi 葵花
Shexian 葵花, 葵花蓮
Tunxi 絲瓜蓮, 豬肉臉
Xiuning 葵花蓮, 金桂蓮
Yixian 葵花蓮
Qimen 轉蓮葵兒
Wuyuan 葵花
Dexing 葵花
Jingde 葵花
Jin Taiyuan 葵花
Pingyao 朝陽花
Xinzhou 葵花花
Taibus (Baochang) 朝陽花
Linhe 葵花
Jining 葵花籽兒, 朝陽陽
Hohhot 葵花
Baotou 葵花籽兒, 朝陽陽
Dongsheng 葵花, 陽籽花
Haibowan 葵花
Min Bei Jian'ou 日頭陽
Jian'ou (Dikou) 日頭貢
Songxi 日頭蓮
Zhenghe 日頭花
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 瓜仔盤
Jianyang 日頭葵
Wuyishan 日頭花
Pucheng (Shibei) 日頭花
Min Dong Fuzhou 向日葵, 葵花
Fuqing 葵花, 向日葵
Min Nan Xiamen 向日葵
Quanzhou 向日葵
Zhangzhou 向日葵
Kaohsiung 日頭花
Yilan 日頭花
Changhua (Lukang) 日頭花
Taichung 日頭花
Taichung (Wuqi) 太陽花
Tainan 太陽花
Taitung 日頭花
Hsinchu 太陽花
Penghu (Magong) 太陽花
Chaozhou 葵花
Haifeng 葵花
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 日頭花
Wenchang 向日葵
Haikou 向日葵
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 向日葵
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 朝陽花
Wu Shanghai 向日葵
Shanghai (Chongming) 朝日頭花
Suzhou 向日葵
Wuxi 向日葵
Danyang 葵花
Hangzhou 葵花
Ningbo 朝日頭花, 向日葵
Wenzhou 太陽佛花
Jinhua 朝日葵
Xiang Changsha 葵花
Loudi 向陽花
Shuangfeng 望立莧
Quanzhou 葵花子

Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
向 日 葵
ひまわり
Grade: 3 Grade: 1 Jinmeiyō
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
日回り

Etymology

From 日 (hi, “sun”) +‎ 回り (mawari, “rotation”). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 向日葵 (xiàngrìkuí).

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) ひま​わり [hìmáꜜwàrì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
    • IPA(key): [çima̠ɰᵝa̠ɾʲi]
  • Homophone: 火回り

Noun

向日葵(ひまわり) • (himawari) ←ひまはり (fimafari)?

  1. a sunflower (flower)

Usage notes
  • As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ヒマワリ.

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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