棕櫚

See also: 棕榈

Chinese

		palm tree; palm fibre; brown colour
trad. (棕櫚)		棕	櫚
simp. (棕榈)		棕	榈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zōnglǘ, zōnglǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥ ㄌㄩˊ, ㄗㄨㄥ ㄌㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ leoi⁵ / zung¹ leoi⁴ / zung¹ leoi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chong-lû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zōnglǘ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥ ㄌㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zonglyú
    • Wade–Giles: tsung¹-lü²
    • Yale: dzūng-lyú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzongliu
    • Palladius: цзунлюй (czunljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ ly³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zōnglǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥ ㄌㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zonglyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tsung¹-lü³
    • Yale: dzūng-lyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzongleu
    • Palladius: цзунлюй (czunljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ ly²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ leoi⁵ / zung¹ leoi⁴ / zung¹ leoi³
    • Yale: jūng léuih / jūng lèuih / jūng leui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ loey⁵ / dzung¹ loey⁴ / dzung¹ loey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ lêu⁵ / zung¹ lêu⁴ / zung¹ lêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ lɵy̯¹³/, /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ lɵy̯²¹/, /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ lɵy̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chong-lû
    • Tâi-lô: tsong-lû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zongluu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lu²⁴/

Noun

棕櫚

1. palm tree

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 棕櫚 (“palm tree”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		棕, 栟櫚, 棕櫚
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		棕櫚, 棕樹, 棕櫚樹
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	棕樹, 棕櫚, 棕櫚樹
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	棕樹
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	棕樹
Hakka	Meixian	棕樹
	Yudu	棕竹
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	棕仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	棕仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	棕樹, 棕仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	棕
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	棕樹, 棕仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	棕樹, 棕
Huizhou	Jixi	棕批樹, 棕樹
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	棕樹, 棕
Southern Min	Xiamen	棕樹
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	棕櫚樹
Wu	Ningbo	棕樹
	Jinhua	棕櫚, 棕櫚樹
Xiang	Loudi	棕樹

Derived terms

• 棕櫚樹／棕榈树 (zōnglǘshù)
• 棕櫚油／棕榈油 (zōnglǘyóu)
• 棕櫚酸／棕榈酸 (zōnglǘsuān)