真珠
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zan1 zyu1
- Eastern Min (BUC): cĭng-ciŏ
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chin-chu
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1tsen-tsy
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄓㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhenjhu
- Wade–Giles: chên1-chu1
- Yale: jēn-jū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenju
- Palladius: чжэньчжу (čžɛnʹčžu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zan1 zyu1
- Yale: jān jyū
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzan1 dzy1
- Guangdong Romanization: zen1 ju1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ t͡syː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: cĭng-ciŏ
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siŋ⁵⁵ (t͡s-)ʒuo⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: tsyin tsyu
Noun
真珠
- Alternative form of 珍珠 (zhēnzhū, “pearl”)
- 真珠入厥陰肝經，故能安魂定魄，明目治聾。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Compendium of Materia Medica [Bencao Gangmu], by Li Shizhen, 1578 CE
- Zhēnzhū rù juéyīn gānjīng, gù néng ān hún dìng pò, míngmù zhì lóng. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
真珠入厥阴肝经，故能安魂定魄，明目治聋。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
- (literary) pearl-beaded curtain
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