水杉

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Chinese

		water; river	(pine); fir
simp. and trad. (水杉)		水	杉

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǐshān

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² caam³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐshān
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuěishan
  - Wade–Giles: shui³-shan¹
  - Yale: shwěi-shān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeishan
  - Palladius: шуйшань (šujšanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² caam³
  - Yale: séui chaam
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² tsaam³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² cam³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʰaːm³³/

Noun

水杉

dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	杉
みず Grade: 1	すぎ Grade: S
kun'yomi

ミズスギ on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

Literally, “water cedar”, 水(みず) (mizu, “water”) + 杉(すぎ) (sugi, “cedar”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

水(みず)杉(すぎ) or 水杉(ミズスギ) • (mizusugi) ^{←みづすぎ (midusugi)^?}

Lycopodiella cernuum

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

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