紫檀

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Chinese

		purple; violet; imperial purple; violet; imperial; palace	sandal wood
trad. (紫檀)		紫	檀
simp. ^#(紫檀)		紫	檀

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǐtán

(Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄊㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² taan⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chí-tôaⁿ / chú-tôaⁿ
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵tsy-de₆ / ⁵tsy₃-de₂

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǐtán
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄊㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhtán
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-tʻan²
  - Yale: dž-tán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyytarn
  - Palladius: цзытань (czytanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² taan⁴
  - Yale: jí tàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² taan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² tan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ tʰaːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-tôaⁿ / chú-tôaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-tuânn / tsú-tuânn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cy'dvoaa, zw'dvoaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã²⁴/, /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tuã²⁴/, /t͡su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tuã²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã¹³/, /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã²⁴/, /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tuã²³/, /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tuã²³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tsy-de₆
  - MiniDict: tsy^去 de^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsr-de₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩³³ de⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tsy₃-de₂
  - MiniDict: tsy^上 de^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sz̩⁵² de³³/

Noun

紫檀

red sandalwood (Pterocarpus santalinus)
(botany) (～屬) Pterocarpus
certain types of rosewood (Dalbergia spp.)
Ormosia microphylla
(obsolete) sandalwood (Santalum album) of dark color

Synonyms

(red sandalwood): 紫檀木, 檀香紫檀, 小葉紫檀／小叶紫檀
(rosewood): 紫榆, 酸枝 (suānzhī)
(dark sandalwood): 紫栴檀, 紫旃檀, 紫真檀, 真紫檀

See also

紅木／红木 (hóngmù)
花梨木 (huālímù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
紫	檀
し Grade: S	たん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

シタン on Japanese Wikipedia

Noun

紫(し)檀(たん) or 紫檀(シタン) • (shitan)

rosewood, general term for red-hued hardwoods in genus Dalbergia
(more broadly) a general term for red-hued tropical hardwoods used in woodworking

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