酸棗

See also: 酸枣

Chinese

		sour; sore; ache sour; sore; ache; acid	jujube
trad. (酸棗)		酸	棗
simp. (酸枣)		酸	枣
Literally: “sour jujube”.

Etymology

The place is named as where the plant produced.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suānzǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄢ ㄗㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suānzǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄢ ㄗㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suanzǎo
    • Wade–Giles: suan¹-tsao³
    • Yale: swān-dzǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suantzao
    • Palladius: суаньцзао (suanʹczao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯än⁵⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

酸棗

1. a variety of jujube (Ziziphus jujuba var. spinosa)

Proper noun

酸棗

1. (archaic) Suanzao (southwest of present day Yanjin County, Henan)