楠梓

Chinese

		Machilus nanmu	Catalpa kaempferi
simp. and trad. (楠梓)		楠	梓

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Nánzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ zi²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Lâm-chú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Nánzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Nánzǐh
  - Wade–Giles: Nan²-tzŭ³
  - Yale: Nán-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nantzyy
  - Palladius: Наньцзы (Nanʹczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: naam⁴ zi²
  - Yale: nàahm jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâm-chú
  - Tâi-lô: Lâm-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lamzuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/

Proper noun

楠梓

(～區) Nanzih (a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)

Descendants

→ English: Nanzih