正珠

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Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	pearl; bead
simp. and trad. (正珠)		正	珠

Pronunciation

Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zia⁴ zou¹ / ziann⁴ zou¹

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zia⁴ zou¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cia̍ⁿ-co
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sia⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)lɔu⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ziann⁴ zou¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩã⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)nɔu⁵⁴⁴/

Noun

正珠

(Puxian Min) pearl (gem)

Synonyms

明珠 (míngzhū) (shiny pearl)
珍珠 (zhēnzhū)
珠仔 (Hakka)
珠子 (zhūzi)
珠璣 / 珠玑 (zhūjī)

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “正珠”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 580.

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