桑葚
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Chinese
| mulberry tree | fruit of mulberry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (桑葚) | 桑 | 葚 | |
| simp. #(桑葚) | 桑 | 葚 | |
| alternative forms | 桑椹 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): song1 sam6
- Jin (Wiktionary): son1 seng3
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sng-sīm / song-sǐm
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄤ ㄕㄣˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sangshèn
- Wade–Giles: sang1-shên4
- Yale: sāng-shèn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sangshenn
- Palladius: саншэнь (sanšɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂən⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, colloquial)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄤ ㄖㄣˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sangrèn
- Wade–Giles: sang1-jên4
- Yale: sāng-rèn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sangrenn
- Palladius: санжэнь (sanžɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɑŋ⁵⁵ ʐən⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (桑葚兒／桑葚儿)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄤ ㄖㄣˋㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sangrènr
- Wade–Giles: sang1-jên4-ʼrh
- Yale: sāng-rènr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sangrell
- Palladius: санжэньр (sanžɛnʹr)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɑŋ⁵⁵ ʐəɻ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: song1 sam6
- Yale: sōng sahm
- Cantonese Pinyin: song1 sam6
- Guangdong Romanization: song1 sem6
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɔːŋ⁵⁵ sɐm²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: son1 seng3
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /sɒ̃¹¹ sə̃ŋ⁴⁵/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: sang zyimX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ˤaŋ sə-dmʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*sŋaːŋ ɦljumʔ/
Noun
桑葚
- fruit of the mulberry (an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat yin deficiency)
- 于嗟鳩兮，無食桑葚。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Xūjiē jiū xī, wú shí sāngshèn.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
于嗟鸠兮，无食桑葚。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
Derived terms
- 桑葚胚 (sāngshènpēi)