紅豆

See also: 红豆

Chinese

		red	bean
trad. (紅豆)		紅	豆
simp. (红豆)		红	豆
alternative forms		紅荳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóngdòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄡˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hung⁴ dau^6-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): huung³ eu^5*

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fùng-theu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): fung² têu⁴

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): âng-tāu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ang⁵ dao⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóngdòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóngdòu
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-tou⁴
    • Yale: húng-dòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngdow
    • Palladius: хундоу (xundou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung⁴ dau^6-2
    • Yale: hùhng dáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ dau^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ deo^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ tɐu̯²²⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: huung³ eu^5*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵŋ²² eu³²⁻³²⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fùng-theu
    • Hakka Romanization System: fung^ˇ teu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fung² teu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fuŋ¹¹ tʰeu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fung² têu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fʊŋ¹¹ tʰeu⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âng-tāu
    • Tâi-lô: âng-tāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: angdau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /aŋ²⁴⁻²² tau²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /aŋ²⁴⁻²² tau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /aŋ¹³⁻²² tau²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tau³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /aŋ²³⁻³³ tau³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ang⁵ dao⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: âng tāu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tau¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: huwng duwH

Rime
Character	紅	豆
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	戸公切	田候切
Baxter	huwng	duwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuŋ/	/dəuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuŋ/	/dəuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuŋ/	/dəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəwŋ/	/dəwH/
Li Rong	/ɣuŋ/	/duH/
Wang Li	/ɣuŋ/	/dəuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣuŋ/	/dʱə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hóng	dòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hung4	dau6

Noun

紅豆

1. azuki bean; red bean (Vigna angularis)
2. Any of the tropical or subtropical Chinese woody leguminous plants that bear hard scarlet seeds, including:
   1. Adenanthera microsperma
   2. Abrus precatorius
   3. Ormosia hosiei

   • 紅豆生南國，春來發幾枝？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     红豆生南国，春来发几枝？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 8^th century, 王維 (Wang Wei), 相思 (xiāngsī)

     Hóngdòu shēng nánguó, chūn lái fā jǐ zhī? [Pinyin]

     The red bean that grows in the South, how many of its branches grow when spring comes?

3. (Heilongjiang) lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)

Synonyms

• (azuki bean):
  • 赤豆 (chìdòu)
  • (Hokkien) 紅豆仔／红豆仔
• (Adenanthera microsperma):
  • 相思豆
  • 海紅豆／海红豆
• (Abrus precatorius):
  • 雞母珠／鸡母珠
  • 相思子
• (Ormosia hosiei):
  • 紅豆樹／红豆树 (hóngdòushù)

Derived terms

• 紅豆冰／红豆冰 (hóngdòubīng)
• 紅豆雪／红豆雪