水晶樹
Chinese
crystal; quartz | tree | ||
---|---|---|---|
trad. (水晶樹) | 水晶 | 樹 | |
simp. (水晶树) | 水晶 | 树 |
Etymology
Named for its brightly shining leaves.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shuěijingshù
- Wade–Giles: shui3-ching1-shu4
- Yale: shwěi-jīng-shù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeijingshuh
- Palladius: шуйцзиншу (šujczinšu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʂu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: seoi2 zing1 syu6
- Yale: séui jīng syuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: soey2 dzing1 sy6
- Guangdong Romanization: sêu2 jing1 xu6
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ syː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 水晶樹
- The "crystal tree", a variety of the Chinese pistachio (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.) that grows at the grave of Confucius in Qufu, China.
References
- Botanicon Sinicum, Vol. II: The Botany of the Chinese Classics (1892), Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, p. 399.