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Jyutping coeng1 pou4
Pinyin chāng pú

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. Acorus calamus
  2. sweet sedge or sweet flag
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    菖蒲​草​,​水菖蒲​,​多年生​草本植物​,​生響​水邊​,​地下​有​根莖​,​葉​嘅​形​狀​好似​劍​,​花穗​好似​碌​棍​,​花​係​細朵​黃​色​;​根莖​可以​做​香料​香油​,​又​可​整成​健胃​藥​;​端午​節有​習俗​係​將​菖蒲​葉同​艾草​捆​埋​一齊​插響​簷​下​,​以除​毒驅​瘟
    Drug Sweetflag, Calamus Sweetflag, a wetland monocot grass plant, with small flowers of yellow color; the stems and roots can be used to make spicy and essential oil, or as a stomach supplement herb; there's a tradition in Dragon Boat Festival to tire them up with Chinese mugwort and put under the eave, in order to get rid of poisons and sickness
  2. 名詞
    花​菖蒲​,​日本​傳統​開花​植物​,​花​係​較​大朵​,​有​紫色​、​紫紅同​白色
    Japanese Iris, Iris ensata; a Japanese traditional flowering plant with flowers of purple, red purple and white colours
    • 菖蒲色
      菖蒲色
      紫紅色系
      color of Iris ensata
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    Acorus calamus; sweet sedge; iris
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    菖蒲色
    菖蒲色
    紫紅色系
    • color of Iris ensata