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There are 20 total results for your saffron search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

藏紅花


藏红花

see styles
zàng hóng huā
    zang4 hong2 hua1
tsang hung hua

More info & calligraphy:

Saffron
saffron (Crocus sativus)

鬱金香


郁金香

see styles
yù jīn xiāng
    yu4 jin1 xiang1
yü chin hsiang
 ukkonkou; ukonkou / ukkonko; ukonko
    うっこんこう; うこんこう

More info & calligraphy:

Tulip
tulip
(See チューリップ) tulip
saffron

五香

see styles
wǔ xiāng
    wu3 xiang1
wu hsiang
 gokou / goko
    ごこう
five spice seasoned; incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty)
(place-name, surname) Gokou
The incense composed of five ingredients (sandalwood, aloes, cloves, saffron, and camphor) offered by the esoteric sects in building their altars and in performing their rituals. Cf. 五分香.

鬱金


郁金

see styles
yù jīn
    yu4 jin1
yü chin
 ukon
    うこん
(kana only) turmeric (Curcuma domestica)
kuṅkuma, saffron; a plant from which scent is made.

コマイ

see styles
 komai
    コマイ
(kana only) saffron cod (Eleginus gracilis)

ルイベ

see styles
 ruibe
    ルイベ
{food} salmon, saffron cod, etc. cut into thin slices while frozen (ain:)

倶遜婆


倶逊婆

see styles
jù xùn pó
    ju4 xun4 po2
chü hsün p`o
    chü hsün po
 kusonba
kusumbha; safflower, saffron.

柑子色

see styles
 koujiiro / kojiro
    こうじいろ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (archaism) orange; saffron

橘黃色


橘黄色

see styles
jú huáng sè
    ju2 huang2 se4
chü huang se
tangerine yellow; saffron (color)

氷下魚

see styles
 komai
    こまい
(1) (kana only) saffron cod (Eleginus gracilis); (2) (poetic term) fish caught under ice

番紅花


番红花

see styles
fān hóng huā
    fan1 hong2 hua1
fan hung hua
saffron (Crocus sativus)

秋水仙

see styles
qiū shuǐ xiān
    qiu1 shui3 xian1
ch`iu shui hsien
    chiu shui hsien
autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale); meadow saffron

茶矩麼


茶矩么

see styles
chá jǔ mó
    cha2 ju3 mo2
ch`a chü mo
    cha chü mo
 chakuma
saffron

荼矩磨

see styles
tú jǔ mó
    tu2 ju3 mo2
t`u chü mo
    tu chü mo
 dakuma
kuṅkuma, saffron, or turmeric, or the musk-root.

鬱金色

see styles
 ukoniro
    うこんいろ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) yellow; saffron

サフラン

see styles
 safuran
    サフラン
saffron (dut: saffraan); (female given name) Safuran

犬サフラン

see styles
 inusafuran; inusafuran
    いぬサフラン; イヌサフラン
(kana only) meadow saffron (Colchicum autumnale); autumn crocus; naked lady

イヌサフラン

see styles
 inusafuran
    イヌサフラン
(kana only) meadow saffron (Colchicum autumnale); autumn crocus; naked lady

ルッセカット

see styles
 russekatto
    ルッセカット
lussekatt (swe:); Scandinavian saffron bun traditionally eaten on St Lucy's Day

Variations:
氷下魚
氷魚

see styles
 komai; komai
    こまい; コマイ
(1) (kana only) saffron cod (Eleginus gracilis); (2) (こまい only) (poetic term) fish caught under ice

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 20 results for "saffron" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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