雅枝竹

Chinese

		elegant	soybean stick
trad. (雅枝竹)		雅	枝竹
simp. #(雅枝竹)		雅	枝竹

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English artichoke.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa⁵ zi¹ zuk¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaa⁵ zi¹ zuk¹
    • Yale: ngáh jī jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁵ dzi¹ dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: nga⁵ ji¹ zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaː¹³ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/

Noun

雅枝竹

1. (Cantonese) artichoke

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 洋薊 (“artichoke”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	朝鮮薊
Cantonese	Hong Kong	雅枝竹