水晶樹

Chinese

		crystal; quartz	tree
trad. (水晶樹)		水晶	樹
simp. (水晶树)		水晶	树

Etymology

Named for its brightly shining leaves.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐjīngshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² zing¹ syu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐjīngshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěijingshù
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-ching¹-shu⁴
    • Yale: shwěi-jīng-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeijingshuh
    • Palladius: шуйцзиншу (šujczinšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² zing¹ syu⁶
    • Yale: séui jīng syuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² dzing¹ sy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² jing¹ xu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ syː²²/

Noun

水晶樹

1. The "crystal tree", a variety of the Chinese pistachio (Pistacia chinensis) that grows at the grave of Confucius in Qufu, China.

References

• Botanicon Sinicum, Vol. II: The Botany of the Chinese Classics (1892), Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, p. 399.