柘枝

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (柘枝)		柘	枝

Etymology

Transcription of the toponym Chach, the city in Central Asia (near modern-day Tashkent) after which the dance was named. Compare Persian چاچ (čâč), Arabic شاش (šāš).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˋ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze³ zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˋ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèjhih
    • Wade–Giles: chê⁴-chih¹
    • Yale: jè-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jehjy
    • Palladius: чжэчжи (čžɛčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ze³ zi¹
    • Yale: je jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze³ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé³ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː³³ t͡siː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyaeH tsye

Rime
Character	柘	枝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	之夜切	章移切
Baxter	tsyaeH	tsye
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiaH/	/t͡ɕiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiaH/	/t͡ɕiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiaH/	/t͡ɕjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciaH/	/ciə̆/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiaH/	/t͡ɕie/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭaH/	/t͡ɕǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯aH/	/t͡ɕie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhè	zhī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ze3	zi1

Noun

柘枝

1. (～舞) (historical) “Dance of Chach”, a kind of dance originating from the Western Regions, popular during the Tang dynasty
2. (obsolete, historical) The name for a kind of lychee.

Derived terms

• 掘柘枝
• 柘枝妓
• 柘枝娘
• 柘枝引
• 柘枝舞
• 柘枝花帽
• 柘枝詞／柘枝词
• 柘枝隊／柘枝队
• 柘枝顛／柘枝颠
• 柘枝鼓