種珠

Chinese

		to plant; to cultivate; kind to plant; to cultivate; kind; type; race; breed; seed; species (taxonomy)	pearl; bead
trad. (種珠)		種	珠
simp. (种珠)		种	珠

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zoeng⁴ zou¹ / zyeng⁴ zou¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chèng-chu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng³ zu¹

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zoeng⁴ zou¹ [Phonetic: zoeng¹ zou¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ t͡sɔu⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zyeng⁴ zou¹ [Phonetic: zyeng¹ zou¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syøŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ t͡sɔu⁵³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-chu
    • Tâi-lô: tsìng-tsu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeangzw
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡seŋ²¹⁻⁴² t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêng³ zu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsèng tsu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡su³³/

Verb

種珠

1. (Hokkien, Teochew, Puxian Min, immunology) to vaccinate against smallpox

   • 爾能種痘麽 [Teochew, trad.]
     尔能种痘么 [Teochew, simp.]

     From: 1841, William Dean, First Lessons in the Tie-chiw Dialect, “Diseases”

     le² oi⁶ zêng³ zu¹ meh⁴ [Peng'im]

     do you understand inoculation

Synonyms

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• 種汞 / 种汞 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 種牛痘 / 种牛痘 (zhòng niúdòu)
• 種痘 / 种痘 (zhòngdòu)
• 種花 / 种花 (zhònghuā) (dialectal)
• 點痘子 / 点痘子 (dienn³ dou⁵ zr) (Xiang)

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “种珠”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 576.