柘枝

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (柘枝)		柘	枝

Etymology

Transcription of the toponym Chach, the city in Central Asia (near modern-day Tashkent) after which the dance was named. Compare Persian (čâč), Arabic شاش (šāš).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhèzhī

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˋ ㄓ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ze³ zi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhèzhī
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˋ ㄓ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhèjhih
  - Wade–Giles: chê⁴-chih¹
  - Yale: jè-jr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jehjy
  - Palladius: чжэчжи (čžɛčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ze³ zi¹
  - Yale: je jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dze³ dzi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zé³ ji¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː³³ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: tsyaeH tsye

Rime
Character	柘	枝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	之夜切	章移切
Baxter	tsyaeH	tsye
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕia^H/	/t͡ɕiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕia^H/	/t͡ɕiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕia^H/	/t͡ɕjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cia^H/	/ciə̆/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕia^H/	/t͡ɕie/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭa^H/	/t͡ɕǐe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯a^H/	/t͡ɕie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhè	zhī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ze³	zi¹

Noun

柘枝

(～舞) (historical) “Dance of Chach”, a kind of dance originating from the Western Regions, popular during the Tang dynasty
(obsolete, historical) The name for a kind of lychee.

Derived terms