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Definitions

  1. 1. cassia
  2. 2. laurel

Words Containing 桂

桂平市
guì píng shì

Guiping, county-level city in Guigang 貴港|贵港[guì gǎng], Guangxi

肉桂
ròu guì

Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia)

桂林市
guì lín shì

Guilin prefecture-level city in Guangxi

桂花
guì huā

osmanthus flowers

桂东
guì dōng

Guidong county in Chenzhou 郴州[chēn zhōu], Hunan

临桂县
lín guì xiàn

Lingui county in Guilin 桂林[guì lín], Guangxi

桂阳县
guì yáng xiàn

Guiyang county in Chenzhou 郴州[chēn zhōu], Hunan

桂系军阀
guì xì jūn fá

Guangxi warlord faction, from 1911-1930

穆桂英
mù guì yīng

Mu Guiying, female warrior and heroine of the Yang Saga 楊家將|杨家将

桂阳
guì yáng

Guiyang county in Chenzhou 郴州[chēn zhōu], Hunan

玉桂
yù guì

see 肉桂[ròu guì]

桂格
guì gé

Quaker (company)

蒋桂战争
jiǎng guì zhàn zhēng

confrontation of 1929 between Chiang Kaishek and the Guangxi warlord faction

桂木属
guì mù shǔ

genus Artocarpus

月桂树
yuè guì shù

laurel tree (Laurus nobilis)

桂纶镁
guì lún měi

Guey Lun-mei (1983-), Taiwanese actress

桂林
guì lín

Guilin prefecture-level city in Guangxi

月桂叶
yuè guì yè

bay leaf; laurel leaf

金桂冠
jīn guì guān

Kim Kye-gwan (1943-), North Korean diplomat, first vice-foreign minister and chief negotiator 2010-2019

月桂树叶
yuè guì shù yè

laurel leaf; bay leaf

蟾宫折桂
chán gōng zhé guì

lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon)

月桂
yuè guì

laurel (Laurus nobilis)

桂皮
guì pí

Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamonum cassia)

丹桂
dān guì

orange osmanthus

桂林地区
guì lín dì qū

Guilin precture in Guangxi

食玉炊桂
shí yù chuī guì

food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom)

临桂
lín guì

Lingui county in Guilin 桂林[guì lín], Guangxi

桂圆
guì yuán

see 龍眼|龙眼[lóng yǎn]

吴三桂
wú sān guì

Wu Sangui (1612-1678), Chinese general who let the Manchus into China and helped them establish the Qing Dynasty, later leading a revolt against Qing in an effort to start his own dynasty

月桂冠
yuè guì guān

laurel crown

湘桂运河
xiāng guì yùn hé

Hunan-Guangxi Canal, another name for Lingqu 靈渠|灵渠[líng qú], canal in Xing'an County 興安|兴安[xīng ān], Guangxi

桂林医学院
guì lín yī xué yuàn

Guilin Medical University

官桂
guān guì

Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia)

桂东县
guì dōng xiàn

Guidong county in Chenzhou 郴州[chēn zhōu], Hunan

桂冠
guì guān

laurel (as a symbol of victory or merit)

倪桂珍
ní guì zhēn

Ni Guizhen or Ni Kwei-Tseng (1869 - 1931), mother of Song Ailing 宋藹齡|宋蔼龄[sòng ǎi líng], Song Qingling 宋慶齡|宋庆龄[sòng qìng líng] and Song Meiling 宋美齡|宋美龄[sòng měi líng]

李成桂
lǐ chéng guì

Yi Seong-gye (1335-1408), founder and first king of Korean Yi dynasty (1392-1910)

折桂
zhé guì

to win the laurels

桂鱼
guì yú

mandarin fish

桂枝
guì zhī

cinnamon (Ramulus Cinnamomi)

香桂
xiāng guì

see 桂皮[guì pí], Chinese cinnamon

桂平
guì píng

Guiping, county-level city in Guigang 貴港|贵港[guì gǎng], Guangxi