紫蘇

See also: 紫苏

Chinese

		purple; violet; imperial purple; violet; imperial; palace	(plant); place name; revive (plant); place name; revive; Soviet
trad. (紫蘇)		紫	蘇
simp. (紫苏)		紫	苏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐsū

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄙㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² sou¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chí-so͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zi² sou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐsū
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄙㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhsu
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-su¹
    • Yale: dž-sū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyysu
    • Palladius: цзысу (czysu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ su⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² sou¹
    • Yale: jí sōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² sou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² sou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ sou̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-so͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-soo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cysof
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɔ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zi² sou¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsí sou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si⁵²⁻³⁵ sou³³/

Noun

紫蘇

1. perilla; shiso

Japanese

Kanji in this term
紫	蘇
し Grade: S	そ Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Etymology

紫 (purple) + 蘇 (a type of plant)

Noun

紫(し)蘇(そ) • (shiso) 

1. shiso, Perilla frutescens var. crispa

Usage notes

• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Derived terms

• 青紫蘇(あおじそ) (aojiso)
• 赤紫蘇(あかじそ) (akajiso)

Related terms

• 荏胡麻(えごま) (egoma, “perilla, Perilla frutescens var. frutescens”)