紫珠

Chinese

		purple; violet; imperial purple; violet; imperial; palace	pearl; bead
trad. (紫珠)		紫	珠
simp. #(紫珠)		紫	珠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐzhū

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄓㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐzhū
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄓㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhjhu
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-chu¹
    • Yale: dž-jū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyju
    • Palladius: цзычжу (czyčžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/

Noun

紫珠

1. fruit of the beautyberry (Callicarpa) (an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to arrest bleeding.)

References

• Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.