玉樹

Chinese

		jade	tree
trad. (玉樹)		玉	樹
simp. (玉树)		玉	树
Literally: “jade tree”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ syu⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gio̍k-chhiū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùshù
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-shu⁴
    • Yale: yù-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhshuh
    • Palladius: юйшу (jujšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ syu⁶
    • Yale: yuhk syuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ sy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ xu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² syː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gio̍k-chhiū
    • Tâi-lô: gio̍k-tshiū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giogchiu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiu²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiu³³/

Etymology 1

Noun

玉樹

1. (literary, mythology) fairy tree
2. (literary, figurative) jade-like beautiful tree
3. (literary, figurative) snow-covered tree
4. (literary, figurative) young man who is talented or handsome
5. silver dollar (Crassula arborescens)
6. eucalyptus

Synonyms

• (eucalyptus): 桉樹／桉树 (ānshù), 黃金樹／黄金树 (huángjīnshù), 尤加利樹／尤加利树

Derived terms

• 玉樹臨風／玉树临风 (yùshùlínfēng)
• 瓊林玉樹／琼林玉树
• 瓊枝玉樹／琼枝玉树
• 芝蘭玉樹／芝兰玉树
• 蒹葭倚玉樹／蒹葭倚玉树

 

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of Tibetan ཡུལ་ཤུལ (yul shul).

Proper noun

玉樹

1. (～藏族自治州, ～州) Yushu (an autonomous prefecture of Qinghai, China)
2. (～市) Yushu (a county-level city in Yushu Prefecture, Qinghai, China)