祖母綠

Chinese

FWOTD – 4 April 2017

		paternal grandmother	green
trad. (祖母綠)		祖母	綠
simp. (祖母绿)		祖母	绿
alternative forms		助木剌 子母綠／子母绿 芝麻綠／芝麻绿 助木綠／助木绿

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Arabic زُمُرُّد (zumurrud) or Persian زمرد (zomorrod). First attested in the 15^th century.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǔmǔlǜ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˇ ㄇㄨˇ ㄌㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² mou⁵ luk⁶
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tsu-mu-loq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǔmǔlǜ [Phonetic: zúmǔlǜ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄇㄨˇ ㄌㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǔmǔlyù
    • Wade–Giles: tsu³-mu³-lü⁴
    • Yale: dzǔ-mǔ-lyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuumuuliuh
    • Palladius: цзумулюй (czumuljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ly⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou² mou⁵ luk⁶
    • Yale: jóu móuh luhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² mou⁵ luk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou² mou⁵ lug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ mou̯¹³ lʊk̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsu-mu-loq
    • MiniDict: tsu^去 mu loh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsu-mu-loq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡su³³ mu⁵⁵ loʔ²¹/

Noun

祖母綠

祖母綠。

1. emerald

   • 滿頭帶著都是瑪瑙、珊瑚、貓兒眼、祖母綠 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     满头带着都是玛瑙、珊瑚、猫儿眼、祖母绿 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     mǎntóu dài zhe dōu shì mǎnǎo, shānhú, māoryǎn, zǔmǔlǜ [Pinyin]

     her head was adorned with agate, coral, cat's eye, emerald

2. emerald (colour)

Synonyms

• 呂宋綠／吕宋绿