柳絮

Chinese

		willow	line with cotton wadding
trad. (柳絮)		柳	絮
simp. #(柳絮)		柳	絮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǔxù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁵ seoi⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liú-sìr / liú-sù / liú-sì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǔxù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǒusyù
    • Wade–Giles: liu³-hsü⁴
    • Yale: lyǒu-syù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leoushiuh
    • Palladius: люсюй (ljusjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁵ seoi⁵
    • Yale: láuh séuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁵ soey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁵ sêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯¹³ sɵy̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liú-sìr
    • Tâi-lô: liú-sìr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liú-sù
    • Tâi-lô: liú-sù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liwsux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liú-sì
    • Tâi-lô: liú-sì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liwsix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ljuwX sjoH

Rime
Character	柳	絮
Reading #	1/1	1/4
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力久切	息據切
Baxter	ljuwX	sjoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨuX/	/sɨʌH/
Pan Wuyun	/liuX/	/siɔH/
Shao Rongfen	/liəuX/	/siɔH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luwX/	/sɨə̆H/
Li Rong	/liuX/	/siɔH/
Wang Li	/lĭəuX/	/sĭoH/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ə̯uX/	/si̯woH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liǔ	xù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lau5	seoi3

Noun

柳絮

1. willow catkins
2. (literary, poetic) snowflakes

Synonyms

• (willow catkins):
  • 柳綿／柳绵 (liǔmián)
  • 楊花／杨花 (yánghuā)