珠璣

See also: 珠玑

Chinese

		pearl; bead	irregular pearl
trad. (珠璣)		珠	璣
simp. (珠玑)		珠	玑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhūjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu¹ gei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chu-ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhūjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuji
    • Wade–Giles: chu¹-chi¹
    • Yale: jū-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juji
    • Palladius: чжуцзи (čžuczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyu¹ gei¹
    • Yale: jyū gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy¹ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju¹ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː⁵⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu-ki
    • Tâi-lô: tsu-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zu'ky
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su³³ ki³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyu kj+j

Rime
Character	珠	璣
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	章俱切	居依切
Baxter	tsyu	kj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨo/	/kɨi/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕio/	/kɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕio/	/kiəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuə̆/	/kɨj/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕio/	/kiəi/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭu/	/kĭəi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯u/	/ke̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhū	jī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyu1	gei1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjo  kɯl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	珠	璣
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	17568	5798
Phonetic component	朱	幾
Rime group	侯	微
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	朱	機
Old Chinese	/*tjo/	/*kɯl/

Noun

珠璣

1. (literary) round and nonround pearls; pearls (in general); gems; jewels

   • 出封牛、水牛、象、大狗、沐猴、孔爵、珠璣、珊瑚、虎魄、璧流離。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     出封牛、水牛、象、大狗、沐猴、孔爵、珠玑、珊瑚、虎魄、璧流离。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Chū fēngniú, shuǐniú, xiàng, dàgǒu, mùhóu, kǒngjué, zhūjī, shānhú, hǔpò, bìliúlí. [Pinyin]

     (The country of Jibin in the Western Regions) produces bison, buffalo, elephants, big dogs (kuchis?), macaques, peacocks, jewels, corals, ambers and cat's eyes.

2. (literary, figurative) exquisite or excellent wording of a writing; elegant prose

Synonyms

• (pearl):

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• 明珠 (míngzhū) (shiny pearl)
• 珍珠 (zhēnzhū)
• 珠仔 (Hakka)
• 珠子 (zhūzi)

 

Derived terms

• 口吐珠璣／口吐珠玑 (kǒutǔzhūjī)
• 字字珠璣／字字珠玑 (zìzìzhūjī)
• 滿腹珠璣／满腹珠玑 (mǎnfùzhūjī)
• 珠璣咳唾／珠玑咳唾 (zhūjīkétuò)
• 珠璣滿腹／珠玑满腹

 

Proper noun

珠璣

1. (～鎮) Zhuji (a town in Nanxiong, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China)