紫薇

Chinese

		purple; violet; imperial purple; violet; imperial; palace	Osmunda regalis
trad. (紫薇)		紫	薇
simp. ^#(紫薇)		紫	薇

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǐwēi, zǐwéi

(Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄨㄟ, ㄗˇ ㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² mei⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chí-bî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǐwēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhwei
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-wei¹
  - Yale: dž-wēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyuei
  - Palladius: цзывэй (czyvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǐwéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhwéi
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-wei²
  - Yale: dž-wéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyywei
  - Palladius: цзывэй (czyvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
  - Jyutping: zi² mei⁴
  - Yale: jí mèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² mei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² méi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ mei̯²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    紫薇
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-bî
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-bî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cy'bii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bi²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bi²³/

Noun

紫薇

crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
Synonyms: 百日紅 / 百日红 (bǎirìhóng), 滿堂紅 / 满堂红 (mǎntánghóng), 怕癢花 / 怕痒花 (Xiang)
alternative form of 紫微 (zǐwēi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
紫	薇
し Grade: S	び Hyōgai
on'yomi	kan'on

Noun

紫(し)薇(び) • (shibi)

synonym of 百日紅 (sarusuberi, “crape myrtle, Lagerstroemia indica”)

References

“〈紫^▲薇〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025