若榴

Chinese

		to seem; like; as to seem; like; as; if	pomegranate
trad. (若榴)		若	榴
simp. #(若榴)		若	榴
alternative forms		楉榴

Etymology

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Schuessler (2014) reconstructs 100 CE pronunciation ńa-liu < *na-ru & compares to Sogdian n'r'kh *naraka.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruòliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joek⁶ lau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ruòliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ruòlióu
    • Wade–Giles: jo⁴-liu²
    • Yale: rwò-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruohliou
    • Palladius: жолю (žolju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joek⁶ lau⁴
    • Yale: yeuhk làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁹ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêg⁶ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚² lɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nyak ljuw

Rime
Character	若	榴
Reading #	3/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	藥 (107)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	而灼切	力求切
Baxter	nyak	ljuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨɐk̚/	/lɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiɐk̚/	/liu/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑiɑk̚/	/liəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵɨak̚/	/luw/
Li Rong	/ȵiak̚/	/liu/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭak̚/	/lĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ak̚/	/li̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ruò	liú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joek6	lau4

Noun

若榴

1. (literary) Alternative name for 石榴 (shíliú, “pomegranate”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 石榴 (“pomegranate”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		石榴, 丹若, 若榴, 楉榴, 安石榴
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		石榴, 安石榴
Taxonomic name		石榴, 安石榴
Mandarin	Beijing	石榴
	Taiwan	石榴
	Harbin	石榴
	Yantai (Muping)	石榴
	Jinan	石榴
	Luoyang	石榴
	Wanrong	石榴
	Xi'an	石榴
	Lanzhou	石榴
	Ürümqi	石榴
	Wuhan	石榴
	Chengdu	石榴
	Guiyang	石榴
	Liuzhou	石榴
	Xuzhou	石榴
	Yangzhou	石榴
	Nanjing	石榴
	Singapore	石榴
	Pematangsiantar	石榴
Cantonese	Guangzhou	石榴, 結子石榴
	Hong Kong	石榴, 結子石榴
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	石榴
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	石榴
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	石榴
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	石榴
	Macau	石榴
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	石榴
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	石榴
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	石榴
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	石榴
	Foshan	石榴
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	石榴
	Foshan (Shunde)	石榴
	Foshan (Sanshui)	石榴
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	石榴
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	石榴
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	石榴
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	花棯
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	花棯
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	花棯
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	花棯
	Taishan	花棯
	Kaiping (Chikan)	花棯
	Enping (Niujiang)	花棯
	Heshan (Yayao)	石榴
	Dongguan	番鬼石榴
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	石榴
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	石榴
	Yangon (Taishan)	石榴
	Mandalay (Taishan)	石榴
Gan	Nanchang	石榴
	Lichuan	石榴
	Pingxiang	石榴
Hakka	Meixian	石榴仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	石榴
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	石榴
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	番石榴
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	石榴
	Conghua (Lütian)	石榴
	Yudu	石榴, 石梨
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	石榴仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	石榴仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	石榴
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	石榴
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	石榴仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	石榴
	Hong Kong	石榴
	Senai (Huiyang)	石榴
Huizhou	Jixi	石榴
Jin	Taiyuan	石榴
	Xinzhou	石榴兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	石榴
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	石榴
	Fuqing	石榴
Southern Min	Xiamen	石榴
	Quanzhou	石榴
	Zhangzhou	石榴
	Taipei	石榴
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	石榴
	Kaohsiung	石榴
	Yilan	石榴
	Changhua (Lukang)	石榴
	Taichung	石榴
	Tainan	石榴
	Hsinchu	石榴
	Kinmen	石榴
	Penghu (Magong)	石榴
	Penang (Hokkien)	石榴
	Jieyang	石榴
	Bangkok (Teochew)	石榴
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	紅花石榴
	Singapore (Teochew)	石榴
	Haikou	石榴
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	石榴
Wu	Shanghai	石榴
	Shanghai (Chongming)	石榴
	Suzhou	石榴
	Danyang	石榴
	Hangzhou	石榴
	Ningbo	石榴, 金猛
	Wenzhou	金櫻
	Jinhua	石榴
Xiang	Changsha	石榴
	Loudi	石榴

Japanese

Kanji in this term
若	榴
じゃく > ざく Grade: 6	る > ろ Hyōgaiji
irregular

Noun

若(ざく)榴(ろ) or 若榴(ザクロ) • (zakuro) 

1. Alternative spelling of 石榴