紫珠

Chinese

		purple; violet; imperial purple; violet; imperial; palace	pearl; bead
trad. (紫珠)		紫	珠
simp. ^#(紫珠)		紫	珠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǐzhū

(Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄓㄨ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǐzhū
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄓㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhjhu
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-chu¹
  - Yale: dž-jū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyju
  - Palladius: цзычжу (czyčžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/

Noun

紫珠

fruit of the beautyberry (Callicarpa) (an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to arrest bleeding.)

References

Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.

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