紫藥水

Chinese

		purple; violet; imperial purple; violet; imperial; palace	medicine in liquid form; bottled medicine; lotion
trad. (紫藥水)		紫	藥水
simp. (紫药水)		紫	药水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐyàoshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄧㄠˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² joek⁶ seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐyàoshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄧㄠˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhyàoshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-yao⁴-shui³
    • Yale: dž-yàu-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyyawshoei
    • Palladius: цзыяошуй (czyjaošuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² joek⁶ seoi²
    • Yale: jí yeuhk séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² joek⁹ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² yêg⁶ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ jœːk̚² sɵy̯³⁵/

Noun

紫藥水

1. (pharmacy) methyl violet (when used as disinfectant)

Synonyms

• 甲基紫 (jiǎjīzǐ)