斑竹

Chinese

		variegated	bamboo
simp. and trad. (斑竹)		斑	竹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bānzhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢ ㄓㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baan¹ zuk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pan-tek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bānzhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢ ㄓㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: banjhú
    • Wade–Giles: pan¹-chu²
    • Yale: bān-jú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banjwu
    • Palladius: баньчжу (banʹčžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baan¹ zuk¹
    • Yale: bāan jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baan¹ dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ban¹ zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːn⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pan-tek
    • Tâi-lô: pan-tik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pandeg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pan⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪk̚³²/

Noun

斑竹

1. spotted bamboo; mottled bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides f. lacrima-deae)
2. (Mainland China, Internet slang) Alternative form of 版主 (bǎnzhǔ, “forum administrator”)

Derived terms

• 斑竹壋 / 斑竹垱 (Bānzhúdàng)