朝天椒

Chinese

		to look skyward; to look up; to face the sky	pepper
simp. and trad. (朝天椒)		朝天	椒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cháotiānjiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu⁴ tin¹ ziu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cháotiānjiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cháotianjiao
    • Wade–Giles: chʻao²-tʻien¹-chiao¹
    • Yale: cháu-tyān-jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaurtianjiau
    • Palladius: чаотяньцзяо (čaotjanʹczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ciu⁴ tin¹ ziu¹
    • Yale: chìuh tīn jīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu⁴ tin¹ dziu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qiu⁴ tin¹ jiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/

Noun

朝天椒

1. facing heaven pepper (Capsicum annuum var. conoides) (Classifier: 根 m)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 朝天椒 (“facing heaven pepper”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		朝天椒
Mandarin	Taiwan	朝天椒
	Yantai (Muping)	朝天椒, 線兒椒, 羊角椒
	Wuhan	天椒, 尖椒
	Chengdu	朝天椒
	Guiyang	朝天辣角
	Liuzhou	指天椒
	Nanning (Wuming)	指天椒
	Nanjing	朝天椒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	指天椒
	Hong Kong	指天椒
	Dongguan	指天椒
	Nanning	指天椒
Hakka	Meixian	米椒仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	米椒, 朝天椒
	Yudu	指天辣椒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	望天椒
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	指天椒
Wu	Wenzhou	朝天薑
Xiang	Changsha	朝天辣椒