樟腦

See also: 樟脑

Chinese

	Cinnamomum camphora	essence
trad. (樟腦)	樟	腦
simp. (樟脑)	樟	脑
alternative forms	樟栳

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zhāngnǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄤㄋㄠˇ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чоно (čono, I-II)
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng¹ nou⁵
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zieo¹ no³ / ziunn¹ no³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chiuⁿ-ló / chioⁿ-ló͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): ziên¹ lo² / zion¹ lo²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsaon-nau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhāngnǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄤㄋㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhangnǎo
  - Wade–Giles: chang¹-nao³
  - Yale: jāng-nǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jangnao
  - Palladius: чжаннао (čžannao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чоно (čono, I-II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɔ²⁴ nɔ⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoeng¹ nou⁵
  - Yale: jēung nóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng¹ nou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêng¹ nou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵ nou̯¹³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zieo¹ no³ [Phonetic: zieo⁵ no³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ca̤uⁿ-neô
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieu⁵³³⁻¹¹ no⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ziunn¹ no³ [Phonetic: ziunn⁵ no³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩũ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ no³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiuⁿ-ló
  - Tâi-lô: tsiunn-ló
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cviuloir
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siũ⁴⁴⁻³³ lo⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siũ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siũ⁴⁴⁻²² lo⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siũ³³ lo⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chioⁿ-ló͘
  - Tâi-lô: tsionn-lóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cvioilor
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ziên¹ lo² / zion¹ lo²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsieⁿ ló / tsioⁿ ló
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩẽ³³⁻²³ lo⁵²/, /t͡sĩõ³³⁻²³ lo⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹tsaon-nau
  - MiniDict: tsaon^平 nau
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsaan-nau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sɑ̃⁵⁵ nɔ²¹/

Noun

樟腦

(organic chemistry) camphor

Synonyms

莰酮

Derived terms

樟腦丸 / 樟脑丸 (zhāngnǎowán)
樟腦油 / 樟脑油
樟腦磺酸 / 樟脑磺酸

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (樟腦):

→ Japanese: 樟脳(しょうのう) (shōnō)
→ Korean: 장뇌(樟腦) (jangnoe)
→ Vietnamese: chương não (樟腦)

References

小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “樟腦”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “樟腦”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[2] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
“樟腦”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
樟	腦
しょう Jinmeiyō	のう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

樟(しょう)腦(のう) • (shōnō)

Kyūjitai form of 樟脳: camphor

Korean

Hanja in this term
樟	腦

Noun

樟腦 • (jangnoe) (hangeul 장뇌)

hanja form^? of 장뇌 (“camphor”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
樟	腦

Noun

樟腦

chữ Hán form of chương não (“camphor”)