水晶

Chinese

		water; river	crystal
simp. and trad. (水晶)		水	晶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐjīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² zing¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): súi-chîn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-chiⁿ / chúi-cheⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐjīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěijing
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-ching¹
    • Yale: shwěi-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeijing
    • Palladius: шуйцзин (šujczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² zing¹
    • Yale: séui jīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² dzing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² jing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: súi-chîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: sui^ˋ jin^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sui³ jin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /su̯i³¹ t͡sin²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-chiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-tsinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuycvy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sĩ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-cheⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-tsenn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuyzvef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sẽ⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 水晶

1. crystal

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (水晶):

• → Japanese: 水晶(すいしょう) (suishō)
• → Korean: 수정(水晶) (sujeong)
• → Vietnamese: thuỷ tinh (水晶)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	晶
すい Grade: 1	しょう Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative forms

• 水精

Etymology

水(すい) (sui, “water”) + 晶(しょう) (shō, “crystal”).

Noun

水(すい)晶(しょう) • (suishō) ^{←すいしゃう (suisyau)?}

1. (gem) crystal
2. (mineralogy) quartz

Derived terms

• 煙水晶 (kemurizuishō)
• 黄水晶 (kizuishō)
• 黒水晶 (kurozuishō)
• 草入水晶 (kusairizuishō)
• 目水晶 (mezuishō)
• 皆水晶 (minazuishō)
• 水入水晶 (mizuirizuishō)
• 紫水晶 (murasakizuishō)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
水	晶

Noun

水晶

1. chữ Hán form of thuỷ tinh (“glass”).