水晶

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Chinese

water; river crystal
simp. and trad.
(水晶)
alternative forms 水精

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (26) (13)
Final () (18) (121)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter sywijX tsjeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɕˠiuɪX/ /t͡siᴇŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɕʷᵚiX/ /t͡siɛŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɕiuɪX/ /t͡siæŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɕjwiX/ /t͡siajŋ/
Li
Rong
/ɕjuiX/ /t͡siɛŋ/
Wang
Li
/ɕwiX/ /t͡sĭɛŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɕwiX/ /t͡si̯ɛŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shuǐ jīng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
seoi2 zing1

Noun

水晶

  1. crystal
    這個水晶值錢 [MSC, trad.]
    这个水晶值钱 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhège shuǐjīng hěn zhíqián.
    This crystal is very valuable.
  2. quartz
  3. (Changtai Hokkien, weather) hail

Synonyms

  • (quartz): 石英 (shíyīng)
  • (hail):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (水晶):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
すい
Grade: 1
しょう
Grade: S
on’yomi goon
Alternative spelling
水精

Etymology

(すい) (sui, water) + (しょう) (shō, crystal).

Pronunciation

Noun

(すい)(しょう) (suishōすいしやう (suisyau)?

  1. (gem) crystal
  2. (mineralogy) quartz

Derived terms

Related terms

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

水晶 (sujeong) (hangeul 수정)

  1. Hanja form? of 수정 (crystal).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

水晶

  1. chữ Hán form of thuỷ tinh (glass).