首烏

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See also: 首乌

Chinese

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void
trad. (首烏)		首	烏
simp. (首乌)		首	乌

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǒuwū

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² wu¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siú-o͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuwū
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuwu
  - Wade–Giles: shou³-wu¹
  - Yale: shǒu-wū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouu
  - Palladius: шоуу (šouu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² wu¹
  - Yale: sáu wū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² wu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² wu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ wuː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-o͘
  - Tâi-lô: siú-oo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siwof
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɔ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

首烏

Alternative name for 何首烏／何首乌 (héshǒuwū, “Fallopia multiflora”).

Derived terms

何首烏 / 何首乌 (héshǒuwū)
首烏汁 / 首乌汁 (shǒuwūzhī)

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