Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- jīng
- Jīng
English
- thorns
- an early name for the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2]
- chaste tree or its berry (Vitex agnus-castus)
- brambles
- surname Jing
- (literary) cane or switch made from a chaste tree, used for punishment
- my wife
- cane
- plant name, for several shrub plants, e.g. 紫荊 (Chinese redbud), for arbor plants, e.g.洋紫荊 (Hong Kong Orchid) ----
- thorns; figuratively, difficulties
- a humble term for one's own wife
粵語
- 植物名,灌木例如紫荊,喬木例如洋紫荊
- 荊棘;比喻困難
- 對自己妻子嘅謙稱
Variants
Words containing 荊
- 荊棘ging1 gik1
thistles and thorns
- 拙荊zyut3 ging1
my wife (humble)
- 紫荊zi2 ging1
Chinese redbud (Cercis chinensis)
- 紫荊花zi2 ging1 faa1
(flower) Cercis chinensis
- 洋紫荊joeng4 zi2 ging1
Hong Kong orchid (Bauhinia blakeana)
- 寒荊hon4 ging1
(polite) my wife (old)
- 荊芥ging1 gaai3
schizonepeta, herb used in Chinese medicine
- 荊州ging1 zau1
see 荊州市|荆州市[Jing1 zhou1 Shi4]
- 荊門ging1 mun4
see 荊門市|荆门市[Jing1 men2 Shi4]
- 荊山ging1 saan1
Thorny mountain (several)
- 問荊man6 ging1
field horsetail (Equisetum arvense)
- 荊江ging1 gong1
Jingjiang section of the Changjiang River 長江|长江, Hunan
- 識荊sik1 ging1
It is a great honor to meet you.
- 荊門市ging1 mun4 si5
Jingmen, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3]
- 負荊請罪fu6 ging1 cing2 zeoi6
lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom)
- 荊州區ging1 zau1 keoi1
Jingzhou, a district of Jingzhou City 荊州市|荆州市[Jing1 zhou1 Shi4], Hubei
- 荊州市ging1 zau1 si5
Jingzhou, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3]
- 劉備借荊州lau4 bei2 ze3 ging1 zau1
one refuse to return something borrowed
- 披荊斬棘pei1 ging1 zaam2 gik1
lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom)
- 荊軻ging1 o1
Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇)
- 識荊恨晚sik1 ging1 han6 maan5
It is a great honor to meet you and I regret it is not sooner
- 荊榛滿目ging1 zeon1 mun5 muk6
thorns and brambles as far as eye can see (idiom); beset by troubles
- 大紫荊勳章daai6 zi2 ging1 fan1 zoeng1
Great Bauhinia Medal (GBM), established in 1997 as the highest award under Hong Kong's honors and awards system
- 班荊相對baan1 ging1 soeng1 deoi3