珍珠
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Chinese
| precious thing; treasure | pearl; bead | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (珍珠) |
珍 | 珠 | |
| alternative forms | 真珠 obsolete or dialectal | ||
Etymology
Pearls were previously called 真珠 (zhēnzhū, “true pearls”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zan1 zyu1
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): dĭng-ciŏ
- Southern Min
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 1tsen-tsy1 / 1tsen-tsyu1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnzhū
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄓㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhenjhu
- Wade–Giles: chên1-chu1
- Yale: jēn-jū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenju
- Palladius: чжэньчжу (čžɛnʹčžu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җынҗў (žɨnžw, I-I)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂəŋ²⁴ ʈ͡ʂu²⁴/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (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)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂n-chû
- Hakka Romanization System: ziinˊ zuˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: zin1 zu1
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su²⁴/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: dĭng-ciŏ
- Sinological IPA (key): /tiŋ⁵⁵ (t͡s-)ʒuo⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: trin tsyu
Noun
珍珠
Synonyms
- (pearl):
Derived terms
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (真珠, 珍珠):
Others:
- → Proto-Common Turkic: *yinǯü
- Old Turkic: 𐰘𐰃𐰨𐰇 (y²inčü), 𐰘𐰨𐰇 (y²nčü)
- Kipchak:
- North Kipchak:
- West Kipchak:
- South Kipchak:
- East Kipchak:
- Proto-Oghuz:
- Siberian Turkic:
- Karluk:
- → Bulgar: *ǯinǯü
- Chuvash: ӗнчӗ (ĕnč̬ĕ)
- → Old Hungarian: *dzsindzsü
- → Old East Slavic: жьньчюгъ (žĭnĭčjugŭ), жьмьчюгъ (žĭmĭčjugŭ) (see there for further descendants)
- → Classical Mongolian: ᠵᠢᠨᠵᠦᠦ (ǰinǰüü)
- Mongolian: жинжүү (žinžüü)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 珍 | 珠 |
| ちん Grade: S |
じゅ Grade: S |
| on'yomi | |
Proper noun
- a surname
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 珍 | 珠 |
Noun
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
|---|---|
| 珍 | 珠 |
Noun
珍珠