垂柳

Chinese

		to hang (down); droop; dangle to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach	willow
trad. (垂柳)		垂	柳
simp. #(垂柳)		垂	柳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuíliǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁴ lau⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sûi-liú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuíliǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuéiliǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻui²-liu³
    • Yale: chwéi-lyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chweileou
    • Palladius: чуйлю (čujlju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi⁴ lau⁵
    • Yale: sèuih láuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁴ lau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁴ leo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²¹ lɐu̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûi-liú
    • Tâi-lô: suî-liú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suiliuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sui²⁴⁻²² liu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sui²⁴⁻²² liu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui¹³⁻²² liu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sui²⁴⁻¹¹ liu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui²³⁻³³ liu⁴¹/

Noun

垂柳

1. weeping willow (Classifier: 棵 m)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
垂	柳
すい Grade: 6	りゅう Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 垂柳 (dzywe ljuw^X, literally “hang down + willow”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) すいりゅう [sùíryúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sɨᵝiɾʲɨᵝː]

Noun

垂(すい)柳(りゅう) • (suiryū) ^{←すいりう (suiriu)?}

1. weeping willow