棗樹

Chinese

		jujube	tree
trad. (棗樹)		棗	樹
simp. (枣树)		枣	树

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǎoshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² syu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎoshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎoshù
    • Wade–Giles: tsao³-shu⁴
    • Yale: dzǎu-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaoshuh
    • Palladius: цзаошу (czaošu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎorshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇㄦ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎorshù
    • Wade–Giles: tsao³-ʼrh-shu⁴
    • Yale: dzǎur-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaolshuh
    • Palladius: цзаоршу (czaoršu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou² syu⁶
    • Yale: jóu syuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² sy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou² xu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ syː²²/

Noun

棗樹

1. jujube tree

   • 在我的後園，可以看見牆外有兩株樹，一株是棗樹，還有一株也是棗樹。 [MSC, trad.]
     在我的后园，可以看见墙外有两株树，一株是枣树，还有一株也是枣树。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1924, Lu Xun, “Autumn Night”, in Wild Grass (English translation based on one by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang)

     Zài wǒ de hòuyuán, kěyǐ kànjiàn qiáng wài yǒu liǎng zhū shù, yī zhū shì zǎoshù, háiyǒu yī zhū yě shì zǎoshù. [Pinyin]

     Behind the wall of my backyard you can see two trees: one is a jujube tree, the other is also a jujube tree.

Synonyms

• 羊角 (yángjiǎo)