lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon); fig. to succeed in the imperial examination
丹桂丹桂dan1 gui4
orange osmanthus
官桂官桂guan1 gui4
Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia); also written 肉桂
桂北越城岭桂北越城嶺gui4 bei3 yue4 cheng2 ling3
Mt Yuexiu, Guanxi
桂东桂東gui4 dong1
Guidong county in Chenzhou 郴州, Hunan
桂东县桂東縣gui4 dong1 xian4
Guidong county in Chenzhou 郴州, Hunan
桂格桂格gui4 ge2
Quaker (company)
桂冠桂冠gui4 guan1
laurel; victory garland (in Greek and Western culture)
桂花桂花gui4 hua1
osmanthus flowers; Osmanthus fragrans
桂林桂林gui4 lin2
Guilin prefecture level city in Guangxi
桂林地区桂林地區gui4 lin2 di4 qu1
Guilin precture in Guangxi
桂林市桂林市gui4 lin2 shi4
Guilin prefecture level city in Guangxi
桂林医学院桂林醫學院gui4 lin2 yi1 xue2 yuan4
Guilin Medical University
桂纶镁桂綸鎂gui4 lun2 mei3
Guey Lun-mei (1983-), Taiwanese actress
桂木属桂木屬gui4 mu4 shu3
genus Artocarpus
桂皮桂皮gui4 pi2
Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamonum cassia); cassia bark
桂平桂平gui4 ping2
Guiping county level city in Guigang 貴港|贵港, Guangxi
桂平市桂平市gui4 ping2 shi4
Guiping county level city in Guigang 貴港|贵港, Guangxi
桂系军阀桂系軍閥gui4 xi4 jun1 fa2
Guangxi warlord faction, from 1911-1930
桂阳桂陽gui4 yang2
Guiyang county in Chenzhou 郴州, Hunan
桂阳县桂陽縣gui4 yang2 xian4
Guiyang county in Chenzhou 郴州, Hunan
桂鱼桂魚gui4 yu2
mandarin fish
桂圆桂圓gui4 yuan2
see 龍眼|龙眼
桂枝桂枝gui4 zhi1
cinnamon (Ramulus Cinnamomi)
蒋桂战争蔣桂戰爭jiang3 gui4 zhan4 zheng1
confrontation of 1929 between Chiang Kaishek and the Guangxi warlord faction
金桂冠金桂冠jin1 gui4 guan1
Kim KyeGwan (1943-), North Korean diplomat, vice-foreign minister of
李成桂李成桂li3 cheng2 gui4
Yi Seong-gye (1335-1408), founder and first king of Korean Yi dynasty (1392-1910)
临桂臨桂lin2 gui4
Lingui county in Guilin 桂林, Guangxi
临桂县臨桂縣lin2 gui4 xian4
Lingui county in Guilin 桂林, Guangxi
穆桂英穆桂英mu4 gui4 ying1
Mu Guiying, female warrior and heroine of the Yang Saga 楊家將|杨家将
倪桂珍倪桂珍ni2 gui4 zhen1
Ni Guizhen or Ni Kwei-Tseng (1869 - 1931), mother of Song Ailing 宋藹齡|宋蔼龄, Song Qingling 宋慶齡|宋庆龄 and Song Meiling 宋美齡|宋美龄
肉桂肉桂rou4 gui4
Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia)
食玉炊桂食玉炊桂shi2 yu4 chui1 gui4
food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom); the cost of living is very high
吴三桂吳三桂wu2 san1 gui4
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
香桂香桂xiang1 gui4
see 桂皮, Chinese cinnamon
湘桂运河湘桂運河xiang1 gui4 yun4 he2
Hunan-Guanxi canal, another name for Lingqu 靈渠|灵渠 canal in Xing'an county 興安|兴安, Guanxi
玉桂玉桂yu4 gui4
see 肉桂
月桂月桂yue4 gui4
laurel (Laurus nobilis); bay tree; bay leaf
月桂冠月桂冠yue4 gui4 guan1
laurel crown; victory garland (in Greek and Western culture)
月桂树月桂樹yue4 gui4 shu4
laurel tree (Laurus nobilis); bay tree
月桂树叶月桂樹葉yue4 gui4 shu4 ye4
laurel leaf; bay leaf
月桂叶月桂葉yue4 gui4 ye4
bay leaf; laurel leaf
折桂折桂zhe2 gui4
to win the laurels; to pass an imperial examination; to win a championship