茴香

Chinese

		fennel	fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
trad. (茴香)		茴	香
simp. ^#(茴香)		茴	香

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huíxiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄤ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wui⁴ hoeng¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): voi³ hiang¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fì-hiông

(Meixian, Guangdong): fi² hiong¹
Eastern Min (BUC): huòi-hiŏng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hôe-hiong / hôe-hioⁿ / hôe-hiuⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): huê⁵ hiên¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶we-shian₁

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huíxiāng → huíxiang (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄤ → ㄏㄨㄟˊ ˙ㄒㄧㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huéisiång
  - Wade–Giles: hui²-hsiang⁵
  - Yale: hwéi-syang
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwei.shiang
  - Palladius: хуэйсян (xuejsjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/ → /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ³/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    回鄉 / 回乡
    茴香
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wui⁴ hoeng¹
  - Yale: wùih hēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ hoeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ hêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ hœːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: voi³ hiang¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /vᵘɔi²² hiaŋ³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fì-hiông
  - Hakka Romanization System: fi^ˇ hiong^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fi² hiong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /fi¹¹ hi̯oŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: fi² hiong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /fi¹¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: huòi-hiŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(h-)yoŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-hiong
  - Tâi-lô: huê-hiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'hiofng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hue²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hue²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue²³⁻³³ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hue²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-hioⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: huê-hionn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'hvioy
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue¹³⁻²² hiɔ̃⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-hiuⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: huê-hiunn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'hviw
  - IPA (Taipei): /hue²⁴⁻¹¹ hiũ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue²³⁻³³ hiũ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huê⁵ hiên¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huê hieⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hĩẽ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶we-shian₁
  - MiniDict: we^去 shian^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhue-xian₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦue²² ɕiã⁴⁴/

Noun

茴香

fennel
short for 八角茴香 (bājiǎo huíxiāng, “star anise; aniseed”)

Synonyms

(fennel): 蘹香 (huáixiāng)
(star anise):

Dialectal synonyms of 八角茴香 (“star anise”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		八角茴香, 大茴香, 八角
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	大料, 八角兒, 八角
	Taiwan	八角
	Chengde	大料
	Chifeng	大料
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	大料
	Heihe	大料
	Qiqihar	大料, 大茴香
	Harbin	大料
	Jiamusi	大料
	Baicheng	大料
	Changchun	大料
	Tonghua	大料
	Shenyang	大料
	Jinzhou	大料
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	大料
	Tangshan	大料
	Cangzhou	大料
	Baoding	大料
	Shijiazhuang	大料
	Lijin	八角茴香
	Jinan	大料, 大茴香, 八角, 茴香
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	大料
	Dandong	大料
	Yantai	大料
	Yantai (Muping)	八角, 大料
	Qingdao	大料
	Zhucheng	八角, 茴香
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	大茴香, 八角兒
	Lingbao	大料
	Jining	大茴香, 大茴
	Wanrong	調和個子, 大料, 大茴香
	Linfen	大料
	Shangqiu	八角, 大茴香
	Yuanyang	八角茴香, 八角
	Zhengzhou	大茴香, 八角兒
	Xinyang	八角
	Baihe	大料, 八角茴香
	Xi'an	大料, 八角子, 大茴香, 大香
	Baoji	大料, 八角
	Tianshui	大香
	Xining	八角, 大香
	Xuzhou	大料, 大茴香, 圓茴, 八角
	Fuyang	八角, 大茴香, 茴香
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	大料, 大香, 八角, 大茴香
	Lanzhou	大料, 八角, 大茴香, 大香
	Dunhuang	大香
	Hami	八角
	Ürümqi	大料, 大香
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	八角
	Nanchong	八角
	Dazhou	八角
	Hanyuan	八角
	Xichang	大茴香
	Zigong	大料, 八角
	Chongqing	八角
	Wuhan	八角, 茴香, 五香八角
	Yichang	八角茴, 茴香
	Xiangyang	八角茴香
	Tianmen	八角茴香, 八角
	Guiyang	八角
	Zunyi	八角
	Bijie	大料, 八角
	Liping	八角
	Zhaotong	八角
	Dali	八角茴香
	Kunming	八角茴香, 八角
	Mengzi	八角
	Guilin	八角
	Liuzhou	八角
	Jishou	八角
	Changde	八角茴
	Hanzhong	八角
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	八角
	Yangzhou	八角
	Lianyungang	茴香, 八角
	Lianshui	八角
	Nantong	茴香八角
	Anqing	八角
	Wuhu	八角
	Hefei	八角
	Hong'an	八角, 大茴香
Cantonese	Guangzhou	八角
	Hong Kong	八角
	Taishan	八角
	Dongguan	八角
	Nanning	八角
	Nanning (Tanka)	八角
	Wuzhou	八角
	Yulin	八角
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	八角
Gan	Nanchang	八角茴
	Pengze	八角葵
	Lichuan	八角
	Pingxiang	八角, 角香
Hakka	Meixian	大茴, 八角
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	八角
	Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)	八角
	Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)	八角
	Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)	八角
	Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)	八角
	Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)	八角
	Boluo (Bendihua)	八角, 大茴
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	八角
	Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)	八角
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	八角
	Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)	八角
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	八角
	Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)	八角
	Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)	八角
	Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)	八角
	Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)	八角
	Yudu	八角
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	八角
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	八角
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	八角
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	八角
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	八角
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	八角
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	八角
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	八角
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	八角
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	八角
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	八角
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	八角
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	八角茴香
Huizhou	Jixi	大茴, 八角
Huizhou	Shexian	八角, 茴香
Jin	Taiyuan	大料
	Yangyuan	大料
	Datong	大料
	Xinzhou	大料, 大茴
	Lüliang (Lishi)	大料, 大茴香
	Changzhi	大料
	Linhe	大料
	Jining	大料
	Hohhot	大料
	Erenhot	大料, 大茴香
	Pingshan	大料
	Zhangjiakou	大料, 茴香
	Handan	大料
	Linzhou	大茴香
	Suide	茴香
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	八角
Eastern Min	Fuqing	八角香
Southern Min	Xiamen	八角
	Quanzhou	八角
	Zhangzhou	八角, 八角香
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	八角
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	八角
	Kaohsiung	八角
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	八角
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	八角
	Yilan (Luodong)	八角
	Yilan (Toucheng)	八角
	Changhua (Yongjing)	八角
	Tainan (Anping)	八角
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	八角
	Penghu (Xiyu)	八角
	Penang (Hokkien)	八角
	Singapore (Hokkien)	八角, 八角粒
	Haikou	八角
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	八角
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	八角
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	八角
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	八角香
Waxiang	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	八角茴
Wu	Shanghai	茴香
	Shanghai (Chongming)	茴香
	Suzhou	八角茴香
	Danyang	八角, 五香八角
	Hangzhou	茴香
	Ningbo	茴香
	Wenzhou	茴香
	Jinhua	茴香
Xiang	Changsha	八角茴
	Loudi	大茴香
	Quanzhou	八角
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	八角
Xiangnan Tuhua	Dong'an	八角茴香

Derived terms

八角茴香 (bājiǎo huíxiāng)
大茴香 (dàhuíxiāng)
小茴香 (xiǎohuíxiāng)
茴香油
茴香籽
茴香菜
茴香豆 (huíxiāngdòu)
茴香酒 (“anisette”)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (茴香):

→ Japanese: 茴香(ういきょう) (uikyō)
→ Korean: 회향(茴香) (hoehyang)

Others:

→ Guiqiong: χoχiɐŋ (“star anise”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
茴	香
うい Hyōgai	きょう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 茴香 (MC hwoj xjang).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ういきょー [ùíkyóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ikʲo̞ː]

Noun

茴(うい)香(きょう) or 茴香(ウイキョウ) • (uikyō) ^{←ういきやう (uikyau)^?}

fennel, Foeniculum vulgare
Synonym: フェンネル
(traditional Chinese medicine) dried fruit of Foeniculum vulgare used in medicine

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

大茴香(だいういきょう) (daiuikyō)
八角茴香(はっかくういきょう) (hakkaku uikyō)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
茴	香

Noun

茴香 • (hoehyang) (hangeul 회향)

hanja form^? of 회향 (“fennel”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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