枸杞子

Chinese

		Chinese wolfberry	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (枸杞子)		枸杞	子

枸杞子

枸杞子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǒuqǐzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² gei² zi²
• Gan (Wiktionary): gieu³ ji zi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǒuqǐzǐ [Phonetic: góuqízǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǒucǐzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: kou³-chʻi³-tzŭ³
    • Yale: gǒu-chǐ-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goouchiitzyy
    • Palladius: гоуцицзы (gouciczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² gei² zi²
    • Yale: gáu géi jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² gei² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² géi² ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ kei̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: gieu³ ji zi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiɛu²¹³⁻²¹ t͡ɕi¹ t͡sz̩²¹³/

Noun

枸杞子

1. wolfberry (the fruit, the berry); goji berry (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 粒 c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 枸杞子 (“wolfberry; goji berry”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		枸杞子
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	枸杞子
	Singapore	枸杞子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	枸杞子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	枸杞子
	Xining	枸杞子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	枸杞子
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	杞子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	杞子
	Hong Kong	杞子
	Taishan	杞子
	Dongguan	杞子
Gan	Nanchang	枸杞子
	Lichuan	枸杞子
	Pingxiang	枸杞子
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	杞子
Huizhou	Jixi	枸杞子
Jin	Xinzhou	枸杞杞
Wu	Suzhou	枸杞子

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (枸杞子):

• → Japanese: 枸杞子(くこし) (kukoshi)
• → Korean: 구기자(枸杞子) (gugija)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
枸	杞	子
く Hyōgai	こ Hyōgai	し Grade: 1
on'yomi	goon	on'yomi

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 枸杞子 (gǒuqǐzǐ). By surface analysis 枸杞(くこ) (kuko) + 子(し) (shi).

Noun

枸(く)杞(こ)子(し) • (kukoshi) 

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) dried wolfberry; goji berry used in medicine

   Synonym: クコの実 (kuko no mi)

Korean

Hanja in this term
枸	杞	子

Noun

枸杞子 • (gugija) (hangeul 구기자)

1. hanja form^? of 구기자 (“wolfberry”)