樹梢

Chinese

		tree	tip of branch
trad. (樹梢)		樹	梢
simp. (树梢)		树	梢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shùshāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄕㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu⁶ saau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shùshāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄕㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shùshao
    • Wade–Giles: shu⁴-shao¹
    • Yale: shù-shāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhshau
    • Palladius: шушао (šušao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu⁶ saau¹
    • Yale: syuh sāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy⁶ saau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu⁶ sao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː²² saːu̯⁵⁵/

Noun

樹梢

1. tip of a tree; treetop

Synonyms

• 樹頭／树头 (shùtóu)
• (dialectal Mandarin) 樹標／树标, 樹標頭／树标头
• (Yangzhou Mandarin, Jin) 樹梢子／树梢子
• (Min) 樹尾／树尾
• (Hokkien) 樹尾溜／树尾溜, 樹尾頂／树尾顶
• (Shanghainese) 樹梢頭／树梢头

Related terms

• 本末 (běnmò)
• 樹根／树根 (shùgēn)