玉樹

Chinese

		jade	tree
trad. (玉樹)		玉	樹
simp. (玉树)		玉	树
Literally: “jade tree”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yùshù

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄕㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ syu⁶
Min Nan (POJ): gio̍k-chhiū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yùshù
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄕㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiwshuh
  - IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: juk⁶ syu⁶
  - Yale: yuhk syuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ sy⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ xu⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² ɕyː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gio̍k-chhiū
  - Tâi-lô: gio̍k-tshiū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: giogchiu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /giɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /giɔk̚²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /giɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiu²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /giɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /giɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu³³/

Etymology 1

Noun

玉樹

(literary, mythology) fairy tree
(literary, figuratively) jade-like beautiful tree
(literary, figuratively) snow-covered tree
(literary, figuratively) young man who is talented or handsome
silver dollar (Crassula arborescens)
eucalyptus

Synonyms

(eucalyptus): 桉樹／桉树 (ānshù), 黃金樹／黄金树 (huángjīnshù)

Derived terms

玉樹臨風／玉树临风 (yùshùlínfēng)
瓊林玉樹／琼林玉树
瓊枝玉樹／琼枝玉树

芝蘭玉樹／芝兰玉树
蒹葭倚玉樹／蒹葭倚玉树

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of Tibetan ཡུལ་ཤུལ (yul shul).

Proper noun

玉樹

(～藏族自治州, ～州) Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
(～市) Yushu City, Qinghai

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