金魚草

See also: 金鱼草

Chinese

		goldfish	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (金魚草)		金魚	草
simp. (金鱼草)		金鱼	草

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīnyúcǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣㄩˊ ㄘㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ jyu^4-2 cou²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kim-hî-chháu / kim-hû-chháu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīnyúcǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄩˊ ㄘㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jinyúcǎo
  - Wade–Giles: chin¹-yü²-tsʻao³
  - Yale: jīn-yú-tsǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinyutsao
  - Palladius: цзиньюйцао (czinʹjujcao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ y³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ jyu^4-2 cou²
  - Yale: gām yú chóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ jy^4-2 tsou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ yu^4-2 cou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ jyː²¹⁻³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-hî-chháu / kim-hû-chháu
  - Tâi-lô: kim-hî-tsháu / kim-hû-tsháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kimhizhao, kimhuzhao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² hi²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/, /kim⁴⁴⁻²² hu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ hi²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/, /kim³³ hu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² hi¹³⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/, /kim⁴⁴⁻²² hu¹³⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ hi²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰau⁵³/, /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ hu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ hi²³⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁴¹/, /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ hu²³⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁴¹/

Noun

金魚草

snapdragon

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 兔仔花

Japanese

金魚草 (kingyosō): A snapdragon flowering.

Etymology

Kanji in this term
金	魚	草
きん Grade: 1	ぎょ Grade: 2	そう Grade: 1
kan’on		on’yomi

From 金魚 (kingyo, “goldfish”) +‎ 草 (sō, “grass”),[1] supposedly from the fact that the flowers in its spike are shaped like goldfish.[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きんぎょそー [kìńgyósóó] (Heiban – [0])[3][4]
IPA^(key): [kʲĩŋʲɡʲo̞so̞ː]

Noun

金(きん)魚(ぎょ)草(そう) or 金魚草(キンギョソウ) • (kingyosō)

snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus)

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 キンギョソウ.

References

Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
“キンギョソウ／金魚草／きんぎょそう”, in 語源由来辞典 (Gogen Yurai Jiten, “Etymology Derivation Dictionary”) (in Japanese), 2003–2024.
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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