驪珠
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]black horse; good horse | pearl; bead | ||
---|---|---|---|
trad. (驪珠) | 驪 | 珠 | |
simp. (骊珠) | 骊 | 珠 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄓㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: líjhu
- Wade–Giles: li2-chu1
- Yale: lí-jū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liju
- Palladius: личжу (ličžu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /li³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lei4 zyu1
- Yale: lèih jyū
- Cantonese Pinyin: lei4 dzy1
- Guangdong Romanization: léi4 ju1
- Sinological IPA (key): /lei̯²¹ t͡syː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
[edit]驪珠
- (Chinese mythology) black dragon pearl; pearl taken from under the chin of a black dragon
- (figurative) someone or something precious
- Alternative name for 楊梅/杨梅 (yángméi, “yangmei; Chinese bayberry”).
- Alternative name for 龍眼/龙眼 (lóngyǎn, “longan”).