紫蘇

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Contents

1 Chinese
- 1.1 Pronunciation
- 1.2 Noun
2 Japanese
- 2.1 Etymology
- 2.2 Noun
  - 2.2.1 Derived terms

Chinese[edit]

		purple	(plant); place name; revive (plant); place name; revive; Soviet
trad. (紫蘇)		紫	蘇
simp. (紫苏)		紫	苏

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zǐsū

(Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄙㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² sou¹
Min Nan (POJ): chí-so͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zǐsū
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄙㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyysu
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ su⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² sou¹
  - Yale: jí sōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² sou¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ sou̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-so͘
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-so͘
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻³⁴ sɔ³⁴/

Noun[edit]

紫蘇

perilla; shiso

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
紫	蘇
し Grade: S	そ Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

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Etymology[edit]

紫 (purple) + 蘇 (a type of plant)

Noun[edit]

紫蘇 (hiragana しそ, romaji shiso)

perilla, Perilla frutescens

Derived terms[edit]

青紫蘇 (あおじそ) (aojiso)
赤紫蘇 (あかじそ) (akajiso)

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