水晶樹

Chinese

		crystal	tree
trad. (水晶樹)		水晶	樹
simp. (水晶树)		水晶	树

Etymology

Named for its brightly shining leaves.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǐjīngshù

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄥㄕㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² zing¹ syu⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shuǐjīngshù
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄥㄕㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeijingshuh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʂu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² zing¹ syu⁶
  - Yale: séui jīng syuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² dzing¹ sy⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² jing¹ xu⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ ʃyː²²/

Noun

水晶樹

The "crystal tree", a variety of the Chinese pistachio (Pistacia chinensis) 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.

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