石竹

Chinese

		rock; stone; 10 pecks	bamboo
simp. and trad. (石竹)		石	竹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shízhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄓㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sek⁶ zuk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chio̍h-tek / chio̍h-tiak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shízhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄓㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhjhú
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-chu²
    • Yale: shŕ-jú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrjwu
    • Palladius: шичжу (šičžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sek⁶ zuk¹
    • Yale: sehk jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁹ dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ség⁶ zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚² t͡sʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio̍h-tek
    • Tâi-lô: tsio̍h-tik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioiqdeg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sio(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sio(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sio(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio̍h-tiak
    • Tâi-lô: tsio̍h-tiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioiqdiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sio(ʔ)²⁴⁻² tiak̚⁵/

Noun

石竹

1. China pink (Dianthus chinensis)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
石	竹
せき Grade: 1	ちく Grade: 1
kan’on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [se̞kʲit͡ɕikɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

石竹, Dianthus chinensis

石(せき)竹(ちく) or 石竹(セキチク) • (sekichiku) 

1. the flowering plant China pink, Dianthus chinensis

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as セキチク.

Related terms

• 撫子(なでしこ) (nadeshiko, “pinks, Dianthus spp.”)